Protect your non-negotiable routines
Accept that imperfection is part of life
Daily routines such as exercise every day, eating
Perfection only exists in the state of mind and thus it
healthy and getting enough sleep are essential routines
is important to be realistic when setting goals or working
for all of us. Although every day can be different, it will
on a project. You must get used to working with chaos
help to determine which things you just don’t want
and avoid adding unnecessary stress or burden to your
to sacrifice. Unless these non-negotiable routines are
work-life. Remember that in such situations, you can
identified in advance, you may find them slipping, little
either move forward or put something aside for later;
by little and will eventually drop out of your important list
after all, if you keep a healthy state of mind and believe
before too long. Remember that these non-negotiable
that these tasks will be achieved then it’s only a matter
routines will give you the mental and physical stamina to
of prioritising your tasks to get them done. Remember
ensure you have the energy to overcome all obstacles
that accepting imperfection is by no means the green
necessary to fulfil your dream.
light for you to be careless on your work.
Achieving a work-life balance also means minimising
Be Flexible
stress at work on things that are relatively unimportant. If
Remaining flexible is an important part of maintaining
you’re doing something big, there will always be many
a healthy state of mind and to keep your work-life
small things along the way. Although these small things
balance in check. Working flexibly involves removing the
will have to be done, they should not be the reasons to
need to adhere to an arbitrarily determined timeline;
keep you awake at night or something that you have
rather, create general guidelines and make adjustments
to think about all the time. So remember that if it’s not a
as necessary. For example if you overwork yourself on
big deal, it’s not worth thinking about it. If it is a big deal,
Monday due to the need to meet a certain deadline,
it’s not worth thinking about at a time when you can’t
then consider including some relaxation time on Tuesday
do anything about it.
to help restore the balance.
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