Jul
Lifestyle
The Importance of Taking Time Off
In today’s society, being busy is both an addiction and a medal of honor. Everyone brags of being the king of busyness. We have become prone to creating hectic lifestyles to avoid any deep thought or reflection. Some of us are terrified of what would happen if we slow down.
Being busy can make us feel important and valued. It helps us feel like we are enough.
Being busy is a source of validation. For most people being busy equates to success.
Real talk, it’s a myth bro.
The marketing tag-lines and slogans such as “just do it” (kudos to Nike for that one!) have made us undermine the power of doing nothing. The 24/7 culture has hold some of us hostage – they’re stressed, exhausted and miserable.
Time off from work doesn’t have to mean a vacation in Bali (although, wouldn’t that be nice?). It could mean a day here and there, an afternoon or even a morning. It’s important to make sure that you give yourself breaks so you don’t burn out. Working all the time doesn’t make you productive but a zombie behind a computer screen.
The data tell us the largest issue with busyness is the impact it has on our health. Stress caused by being so busy can significantly impact our physical and mental health. Stress puts our brain into overdrive, which affects our immune system and cardiovascular system. If you’re already hooked in the “busyness” how about you start with just 10 minutes breaks in between meetings?
The good news is there are things we can do to slow down and break our addiction to being busy. Once we break this addiction, our health improves, and we start to reclaim our lives and careers.
Here are few things you can do to ditch this habit:
- Set reminders for “me” time,
- Take mini naps during the day
- Stop feeling guilty for play time
- Reward yourself with day or two to recharge
Bro, what’s your routine to stay present and sane in the busy environment?
This is so true.. Taking some time for yourself is vital, for your, body, mind and soul….
Sometimes I just wish a day can have 48 hours instead of 12hours. Do you think that will make things easier? Hell NO! Thank you for this article, I have learned that I must be nice and gentle to myself, buy setting a “me time”, time!
When you are tired the mind and body do not cooperate..so rest is needed to recover
Thank you for this i agree
Thank you for this I’m really hard on myself sometimes & taking care of yourself .thank you MANBOX
I take me time seriously so when there is a day I decide will not do anything I do just that Nothing because one can get so caught up with the busy life forgetting we need to recharge in order to be able to carry on. Great reminders to us here.
Balance is everything, gotta agree with the editor. There’s power is taking time out, reload and come back fresh!
Love this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Really great advice thanks. Will definitely keep these in mind for those tough days when everything seems to be going wrong.
It honestly very Important to disconnect with everything and just connect with yourself mentally, emotionally and physically. I try to dedicate atleast one week a month to unplug and reset, especially with the current state of the world my mental is really important. I love this article.
Great tips. Very informative indeed….