We all had a strange 2020. A lot of people lost their job, lost someone they love or had to take on so much extra responsibilities. Now that we are in february it is time to start thinking about ourself and to find the time to relax.
No matter what your situation in 2020 was it probably has been stressfull. Either to maintain your current position or to try and improve it. It’s very good and positive if you focussed around progress, but we should not forget we are humans. We aren’t robots who can continue the same pushy mentality all the time. Allow yourself some ‘me-time’. This can either be for a change meeting up with your friends, doing an hour long phone call with an old friend, go meditate, play some games, doing nothing and other things.
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. Sydney J. Harris
Remember the less stressfull time before pandemic? That was the time we still were doing our hobbies, we had less responsibilities, or it at least didn’t feel so hard. Money wasn’t an issue, just as time and our health. Everything became more difficult and stressfull. Allthough currently you might still be maintaining or rebuilding what is lossed it is now that you need to relax. It is acceptable to continue grinding, but don’t underestimate the need to relax.
We are able to grind for a couple of months and even years. But acknowledge that everyone needs relaxation. Otherwise you will suffer from a burn-out, in turn this will bring back some problems and some new ones will arise. If you know there is not a lot of time still attempt to find it. When there is not much spare time it’s the moment that you need relaxation the most. Can’t find any time at all? Remember that you can also start planning for time of relaxation.
We all need some downtime. This is also achievable while doing other things. For example start enjoying the simple things in life. Have a lot to do at work with a lot of stress? Break your car ride to work free from this stress. Enjoy the ride so that every time you are about to step in your car you can enjoy the stress free time.