How "Me Time" Contributes to More Productivity
Buried in overloaded responsibilities of either personal or professional life, we tend to forget ourselves. The duties we have towards ourselves self-care, "me" time, vacation; little things like these have been overlooked by us. What we don't realize is that these little things are not so little after all! These things contribute immensely to making us well organized, productive, happier, and healthier in all aspects.
This blog post will attempt to dose you up with self-care tips to implement into your lifestyle.
IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE
By engaging yourself in self-care, you may relieve yourself from the pressures of everyday life. It's like resetting yourself once a day so you can be productive once again. Following are some of the benefits you'll experience from self-care.
A BETTER IMMUNE SYSTEM
Not all of us can deal with short deadlines and overloaded work stress all the time. Some people are more sensitive and short-tempered. The sudden attacks of anxiety can take over your immune system and make you fall ill.
A meta-analytic study indicates that chronic stress can disturb multiple components of the immune system in a potentially harmful way.
Only by spending some quality time for yourself can you save yourself from poor immune health.
A BREAK FROM STRESS AND ANXIETY
Think of the time and costs spent on mental health services, therapies, anxiety medications, and more; it's proficient to benefit yourself from self-care in time.
The UK's Mental Health Foundation recommends relaxing as a therapy for anxiety. They state that learning relaxing techniques such as yoga, meditation, and massage can help you battle psychological and physical feelings of fear.
BOOST PHYSICAL HEALTH
Research shows that more than 160 human and animal studies prove that happy people live longer and healthier lives than unhappy ones.
Moreover, plenty of other studies have proven that self-care is linked with lower risks of chronic heart disease, stroke, and many cancers.
IMPROVED PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Dozens of people often complicate productivity by doing more work (the mindset of working more and more for long hours). However, being more productive means performing more tasks in a short time. It can only happen if you are relaxed, concentrated, and relieved from all the external stress.
Doing small things that make you happy at work can be beneficial for you. For instance, admiring the view from your office balcony while drinking coffee, or chatting with your friends while having lunch, or even performing pushups behind your desks for freshening up.
Cross-sectional research done in 2020 shows that nurses who indulge in self-care have been linked to a more positive professional life than those who didn't.
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR SELF-CARE
According to Women’s Health, small habits such as listening to music, watching or going to a movie or even reading a book can help optimally handle stress. Below are some tips and tricks that'll come in handy to take time out for yourself.
- Be an early riser. Just by waking up early in the morning, you'll have more time to perform your daily activities as well as for yourself. You might want to try out an Early Bird Yoga class with us! It's such a positive way to start your day.
- Divide your work into manageable chunks. It helps you avoid procrastination and stressing over big tasks. Eventually, you'll be performing work more quickly than you thought!
- Plan your day the night before. This way, you will ease stress and clarify what you need to do in how much time.
- Live in the present. Stop wasting your time and energy on the things that haven't even happened yet. Make your today better!
- Check our schedule and try a new class that you haven't tried before! It might just become one of your favorites, but you'll never know unless you give it a try.
- Celebrate your small wins with your trusted family and friends. It will help you increase your quality of life and your relationships with them.