Break Free from Workaholic Habits
If the bulk of your waking hours goes to your job, you’re in for some trouble: Life will eventually grow unfulfilling for you. Sure, you love your work, but pouring long hours over it can transform love into addiction. It’s time that you break away from your workaholic tendencies.
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Identifying Underlying Problems
Underlying problems are often responsible for fueling your workaholic tendencies. While work pressures and deadlines do push you to your limits, there is a greater possibility that you’re using work as your defense mechanism against other problems and insecurities.
Examine yourself. Assess your schedule. Then answer these questions:
Working too hard to grab financial rewards is not something you can sustain for a long time. This habit will take a toll on your mental health and physical well-being. Work hard but strive to contain it within a definite timeframe. If you can’t live with this arrangement, then maybe you should aim for a new job that pays better than your present company
It’s crucial that you address problems plaguing your home as well. Although work can give you temporary relief, it won’t solve anything. In fact, problems don’t get resolved by themselves. You have to face them and act on them. The power to improve your situation at home lies with you.
Restoring Balance
After targeting the underlying problems responsible for your unhealthy work habits, do your best to reintegrate balance into your life. Several strategies can help you with this area.
Make room for the following:
- 1Personal Time. Use this concept to place yourself (and your health) above your job. You are entitled to your own time, so when you are in the middle of a well-deserved personal vacation, do not allow deadlines to interrupt you.
- 2Bedtime Ritual. Unwind and treat yourself to enough hours of sleep. Set a specific hour when you’re switching the lights off. Spend half an hour before your designated bedtime to do something relaxing. Make sure the activity doesn’t remind you of work.
- 3Movement and Physical Exercises. Include exercise routines in your weekly schedule. The frequency need not be daily. You can do it once in every 2 or 3 days if you want. Physical movement helps you to de-stress from work. Exercise is good for both your body and mind.
- 4Breaks. You need time away from work. It’s a given. Regular jobs usually designate weekends as rest days. Make an effort to spend your weekends not working. Don’t even try to remember or talk about your job. Just free your mind and enjoy your break.
Find the Fun in Mornings
If you know where to look, mornings can actually be fulfilling and fun. Perhaps your younger daughter loves the sound of the birds. Maybe your older son is on the track team and would enjoy an early jog with you. There are special things the morning offers – sunrise, cool air, hot tea, other family members asleep – so make the effort to look for and appreciate them.
Yeah, mornings are tough. It’s best to just accept it. But with these tips, you can consciously tweak your AM routines to maximize calmness and tranquility. Once you do, you’ll likely find that your entire day becomes easier, smoother and more centered. All thanks to your morning routine.
