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# Setting boundaries is a good thing.
- URL: https://blog.mathewcsims.uk/til-setting-boundaries-is-a-good-thing/
- Published: 2025-12-10T13:11:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-03T11:17:16.000Z
- Author: Mathew Sims
- Tags: Today I Learned, Work, Personal

As someone who thinks differently to many others, and has some long-term mental and physical health issues, I've been thinking for a while about how to set boundaries with work colleagues. To that end, I wrote a quick note, which is linked to from my email footer.

[Ways of Working — Mathew SimsThings I want you to know if you work with me.](https://ways-of-working.mathewcsims.uk/?ref=blog.mathewcsims.uk)

A link to the webpage I wrote, to which I link from my emails.

I was quite nervous sending it, but 2025 has been an incredibly tough year, and I know from advising others that setting some boundaries around how I work will help make 2026 a little less stressful.

The way it's been received has been genuinely lovely. UKRI can actually be a brilliant place to work because (mostly) the people are wonderful. This has been another reminder of that.

Mental note to myself: revisit this next year and decide whether it has helped.