Ambiguous liminality used to exist ‘in between’, in a transition to a new social-structural order, but recently, it has gained a more permanent and normalized presence in working life, where existing boundaries are becoming blurred. However, liminality as a continuous state can be individually demanding. This paper elaborates upon a theoretical understanding of permanent and temporary liminality in working life and examines possible measures to tame excessive liminality. To illustrate the theoretical development, forms of permanent and temporary liminality in the lives of three professionals are analyzed. We found that dealing with multiple and complex work roles independently could be conducive to fracturing work routines, which we identify as habitualized, permanent liminality. Withdrawal to an alternative work environment – a rural Finnish archipelago – formed a liminal space in its original sense, a creative and reflective phase that illuminated work-related challenges. It is suggested that such spaces are designed to achieve simplicity.

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临时的立柱空间抵消了工作生活中的永久“中间”

过渡到新的社会结构秩序时，歧义性曾经存在于中间，但最近，它在工作生活中变得更加永久和规范化，存在的界限正在变得模糊。但是，作为连续状态的限制性可能会被单独要求。本文详细阐述了对工作中永久性和临时性限制的理论理解，并探讨了应对过度限制的可能措施。为了说明理论发展，分析了三位专业人员生活中的永久性和临时性限制形式。我们发现，独立处理多个复杂的工作角色可能有助于打破常规工作，我们将其确定为习惯性的永久限制。撤回替代性的工作环境-芬兰的一个乡村群岛-形成了一个原始意义上的门廊空间，这是一个创造性和反思性的阶段，阐明了与工作有关的挑战。建议将此类空间设计为实现简单。