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A phrase that helps me with this: "There's always more work to do."
It's comforting in two ways. 1. Job security. 2. There's no need to get everything done at work before the weekend.
Obviously, you want to be productive and leave work with a sense of accomplishment. However, it's important to realize work is cyclical in nature, and it's never truly finished.
You can finish a project, but there's going to be ongoing maintenance of that project and/or a new project right behind that one. And this is a good thing!
Try to think of unfinished tasks as assets or resources for you. Because they are. They are not bad things holding you back. They are new challenges to be taken on next week. They are the reason you get paid.
Final thought: getting rest away from work is vitally important. It recharges your creative batteries. So even when you aren't actively working, you are passively making yourself better and renewed for the next cycle.