For most of us the weekends are meant to be our days off where we take a break from the 9-5, but many of us either bring work home, work from home or worse still have to go into the office for a few hours to catch-up!
Quite often my days off are sabotaged by a hideously long to-do-list, of stuff that I don’t get time to do when I’m working! In fact often my so called days off are busier than when I am officially working. There’s often a whole list of chores to do, catching up on the emails, paying bills, DIY. Speaking form bitter experience it’s almost a relief to get back to work to have a break! The other thing that happens is sometimes I am so excited about the mere prospect of having a couple of “days off” that I cannot sleep and feel completely wired! Why are we constantly trying to cram so much into every week, day, hour and minute of our lives?
In my head I can hear a voice that gets louder and louder that is screaming “STOP!”
You may well be asking “Why do we need a day off?”
Well taking a day off should be all about recharging our batteries so that we return to work refreshed and raring to go; even though that feeling may not last long when we see the 100+ emails in our inbox.
The idea of simply taking time out, relaxing or just not thinking about work for a whole day is something that most cannot imagine, chances are we have forgotten how to. Sometimes even if it’s not possible to take a whole day what about a couple of hours? What would you do with a day off? Read a good book? Sleeping; having a lie in and breakfast in bed? Pampering yourself? Getting out of the city?
So give it a try and see if you feel different or notice that you return to the daily grind refreshed and improved.
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Mon, Apr 5, 2010
Take time out