Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman — who has led the fashion company since its inception — has an effective three-step routine to get out of work mode.
Once she leaves the company’s Brooklyn, New York, office, she turns on music — last year, that meant a lot of Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” album — and then gets out of her work clothes the minute she gets home, she says.
“I will change out of my outfit ASAP and put on my Eberjey pajamas immediately,” she says. “I’m in my door, and I throw off my clothes, and 20 seconds later, I’ll be in my pajamas.”
Then she puts her phone in another room while she plays with her three children, she says.
It’s a smart strategy for anyone working a demanding job. Listening to music and playing can release “feel-good hormones”like dopamine and serotonin, according to multiple studies. Since …