healthy living
Sometimes You Just Have To Hit Pause In Order To Go Full Throttle. After experiencing the weirdest eighteen months of our modern existence, we’re “shot girl summer” ready and have our schedules ready to pack. We are saying ‘yes’ to every single event we are invited to, every project that comes our way. You have that new idea that you’ve been wanting to tackle along with your current obligations. Before you know it, you’re staying up late at night, running on fumes, and not wanting to let people down. Sound familiar? That wall that you hit when you’re overwhelmed is something millions of individuals are feeling at this moment. Sometimes you just truly do need a break. Does this sound like a luxury? Sure. If you’re in a professional space where you can ask your boss for time off, like a sabbatical, ask for it. Last year’s COVID Crisis (and currently the delta variant is taking Texas by storm) taught us incredible lessons, many unexpectedly and challenging. Whether you’re waiting for your job to come back or a new opportunity to surface, these are all lessons that you can take with you.
LESSON #1
LESSON #2
LESSON #3
There just will never be a perfect
The feeling of dread. It’s inevitable.
Just take the vacation. Like an actual
time. I’m a mom of two and run the
Your body will be the first to tell you
vacation. If you have a work email,
marketing behind Golden Bingo
what you’re unwilling to listen to. It
set that out of office and forget it.
Family along with a tech company.
can come with an upset stomach.
Don’t look back. Don’t check emails.
In the last ten years that I’ve been
Your brain will get fuzzy, nausea,
Just walk away. On that vacation,
doing both, I’ve had both of my
fatigue, aches, pains, all of the above.
don’t overbook yourself with tourist
children (many of you have seen
You begin to be irritable and difficult
activities. If going out of town isn’t
them as well!). I’m the queen of
to be around.
an option, take a staycation. Just
overloading my plate and telling
don’t tell anyone you’re going to be
myself I can tackle one more project,
in town. Continue to use that out of
like telling myself I can dive into real
office on your email and still don’t
estate along with all of the other
check your email.
things. Burn out happened, I walked away from work for a bit… If all else fails, take small breaks throughout your workday. I like to practice the Pomodoro technique, it works well for my ADHD diagnosis, which I will be writing about in October. What is Pomodoro? You work hard for 25 minutes. Truly focused work for 25 minutes and then take a 5-minute break. There are apps around online to help you stay on task but for me I just like to use a timer on my phone. As for me, I’ll be embarking on a sabbatical for the next month. I'm writing this at the beginning of July and will be coming back hopefully by September 1st, ready to rock and roll. 16
THE BINGO NUGGET // AUGUST 2021
