Methods included:
• Diary studies were conducted on private pages on Facebook due to participants confidence with the media to gain insights on people's after work but revealed to be not functional to gain deep insights, therefore, it was stopped after one week.
• Semi-structured interviews to test their level of satisfaction, and detecting any best practice in detaching from work.
• Letter studies to avoid self-justification detected in previous methods.
• Online card sorting into self-improvement areas and the value they assign to free-time activities to identify patterns for improving their free-time usage.
• Second diary study to be completed every 15 minutes after work to gain insights into mental energy levels.