Recently, I gave in and set up my work email on my phone. I had gone the first 15 years at Cogneato only getting my email from my work computer, wanting to separate my work and home life. But I’ve been working reduced and more varied hours in recent years. I was needing to leave my work laptop running a lot and checking it often to have something like regular support hours for clients and other Cogneato workers. So with it on my phone, I can leave the laptop off when I’m off the clock and get more of my own stuff done.
I installed K9 / Thunderbird just for work email. It works just fine. I set it up to receive push notifications so that I can respond quickly if needed. I set up “Quiet Time” in the app to limit evening and overnight emails, though for some reason they do still come through sometimes. Anyway, if it’s off hours, I can just swipe the notification away or glance at them if I want.
Overall I think it’s actually improved my work life balance. I don’t get a lot of work emails though, often just a handful of non-spam in a day.