When you’re working overtime, it can feel like all you do is work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, and work, eat, sleep some more. A seemingly unceasing flow of work can make you feel fatigued, resentful, and burnt out. As a time management coach, I’ve found that even in the midst of working overtime it’s essential that you find time for yourself. That is because, if you don’t take time for yourself intentionally, you will take time for yourself unintentionally. Typically the less conscious “me time” such as mindlessly scrolling through social media in the afternoon or watching YouTube videos until the wee hours of the night consumes quite a few hours each week but doesn’t actually satisfy our desires for downtime... here are a few strategies that can help.
Set Work-Free Times (otherwise you’ll have the vague sense that you “should” be working all the time. That feeling is exceptionally draining).
Define Health Must-Haves (7 hours sleep, drinking enough water, or taking breaks during the day to stretch and give the body/brain a break?... to help prevent burn out)
Give Yourself What You Really Want (activities that you find satisfying, refreshing and enjoyable. Run, connect with friends, read, cook, watch a great TV series, play with the kids?)
— Elizabeth Grace Saunders (Time management coach and author of Divine Time Management and How to Invest Your Time Like Money)
2020 has definitely felt like work, eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep. Pretty Groundhog Day, with so many of our cherished activities off the table. Seems like a good time to clear off some of the tasks we tend to put off in perpetuity (clean out closets, give old stuff to good will, update the landscaping?). Why not, since vacation days would just be more eating, sleeping, chores?, Lol ;) We’re gonna get through this though and I have a feeling life will be all the sweeter for it. Personally, I will be back rushing back to the movie theatre, back to the arena to watch live events and jet setting somewhere warm asap! Just thinking about it makes me feel better. Just sayin’ :) Hugs. XO
Blessings,
Chatgirl
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