Welcome to Musing Interruptus. Setting boundaries is complicated. There are seriously invasive practices colleagues and supervisors think are ok. I’ve gotten work communications vía WhatsApp on Wednesday at 10:30 pm and Sunday at 1:30 pm from an Entity for which these are clearly not office hours.  Depending on the work, or the project, there are justifications for communicating at odd times. There are time-sensitive projects and services, and people whose lives depend on an answer. I have taken on a new project with said Entity, starting Monday. It is a part-time editor job. So you see, my job does not bear the weight of life and death. The feeling of invasion is real. Even if I chose to ignore the message, it is there, the looming reminder I need to tell someone about work hours and official communication channels. Today on Musing ...