Please, help me! My work keeps me awake!
You spend your days at work, but your work is also present when you go to sleep ... Here are some tips to help you reorient your professional mindset and get a good night's sleep again.
While stress can boost your skills when it comes to getting a rush job done, after three nights of sleeplessness the opposite effect often occurs. React quickly to prevent accumulated fatigue disrupting your professional and personal life.
Plan your next day in detail
Before leaving work, take 3 minutes to plan your next day in detail. This way, you will leave your office with more peace of mind.Optimise the buffer zone between work and home
To preserve your private life, make the most of the travel time between work and home. This is a real time-out where you can review your day before leaving all work-related problems behind.Turn on the radio in the car, buy a magazine in the underground or go for a walk with your nose in the wind: to each his own!
Distancing and disconnecting
Do not shut down your computer only to throw yourself onto your mobile phone or tablet! Give your eyes and your body some rest after a marathon day. Play with your children, call a friend or take the dog for a walk.Also, don't dwell on the conflicts of the past day. Instead, listen to your family's small worries: your little ones will appreciate this and it will help you putting some distance between yourself and your work.
Express your concerns for tomorrow, but do so at the right time!
Have you planned an important meeting for the early hours of the morning? You will be thinking about it all night, imagining the worst scenarios. You might as well get started right away! Grab a paper, a pencil and consider all the possibilities.You can also write down your concerns in black and white, which makes the situation less dramatic ... and prevents you from worrying at 2 o'clock in the morning!
Relaxing during the day
You cannot force your body to work at a furious pace from morning to night and then tell it to relax at 6pm. Give yourself real breaks during the day so you can once again learn to let go regularly.Set up an evening ritual...
Even if you come home exhausted after a late meeting, don't go straight to bed. Watch a film, read a magazine and enjoy some herbal tea and soft music. Calm your senses and your mind.Morpheus will lend you a helping hand ...