Sharing this mistake I made for a long old time so you can avoid it as we sashay into week two of the ✨Press Pause✨ side quest.
I used to say that once “out of office” was on, if you didn’t 100% mentally and emotionally check out of work you might as well still physically be in work.
What I’d actually done was turn rest and switching off as another test, challenge, task to get right.
Well Isn’t it ironic. To quote Alanis Morissette (still gutted the weather scuppered her gig at Lytham Festival 🙁)
Here’s what changed and what helps:
Middle ground. Giving yourself some middle ground. And lots of it.
Our brain isn’t a tap we switch on and off.
Especially when we do fast paced work.
Having a thought or idea come in while we are on a break isn’t a huge problem to fix ✨Just Notes app it and move on.
Here are two more press pause holiday tips for my high achievers, fast pace at work people:
✨If you see someone reading leadership or work books by the pool they aren’t more committed than you. Stop the competitor in you. Not your circus, not your monkeys.
Your easy read crime novel is 👌
✨ Brain going to work mode too much? Notice 5 things you can see, 5 things you can hear, 5 things you can feel.
Then try 4, 3, 2, 1…
This brings you out of your head and into the moment beautifully.
Until next week.
