Recognize this? Your mind is commanding you to power through, but your body is slumped over your desk. You notice this behavior is happening every day and it’s becoming clear you’re mentally stuck in a rut wishing the week would just end.
Bin Jeong offers a few tricks to break out of your rut and encourage a productive work environment.
Source: Forbes, October 18, 2017.
While it’s not directly expressed or written boldly, your responsibilities also include your well-being. The last thing you want is for your fatigue to be confused with slacking off or causing a bad job or outcome. Try these things:
- Socialize and build your network.
- Don’t get hung up on emotions. Accept things at face value.
- Breaks are necessary. Remember to take them.
- Take a mental health day off.