Rest and relaxation, as well as “healthy stress”, tension when performing important tasks are a natural part of our life. Another thing is workaholism, when you live only for work and this side of life is the main one in your life. Workaholics do not know how to rest and do not know what this rest is.
You and I live in incredibly difficult and stressful times. If we do not give our body relaxation in time, then we will not reveal our best capabilities and abilities where we really need it - when achieving goals or dreams. So, let's get started ... Relax - what is it?
It is important to understand what relaxes you!
Each of us has our own types of activities that bring us a feeling of relaxation or stress, it is important for you to understand what exactly makes you feel relaxed or, on the contrary, stresses you out!
Perhaps you are trying to do what you have heard should relax you - meditation, an afternoon nap, running in the park, when in reality you find all this boring and extremely useless. And for some, meditation even causes additional stress - how is it possible to sit and just breathe or imagine incomprehensible images?
Listen to yourself, to your well-being and try to understand what is right for you. Find your resource for replenishing your strength!
Choose and plan your relaxation time in advance with purpose
To relax effectively, it is important to devote yourself to it completely. The truth is, we are always only half-relaxing, constantly distracted by external stimuli: either email or social media, or useless calls, or interactions and information that do not bring us joy and benefit. Researchers note that if we are distracted from something important to us, we need another 21 minutes to “come back” and re-engage ourselves in the task. Thus, we ourselves “with our own hands” create our own incomplete relaxation.
From this, you can understand how to satisfy your relaxation needs - both by choosing the right activity and by defining the boundaries that should be set (for example, putting off and not answering your phone for a certain time).
Rest every day and throughout the week
It is important to understand that every day we introduce a period of relaxation for ourselves. Relaxation is a natural cycle that follows tension. We do not postpone our rest until the weekend, that is, “for later”. We live and rest every day! We plan our rest in the calendar in the same way as we plan our work activity! In general, we learn to rest and observe ourselves, and what exactly brings you relaxation and the feeling of a “rested self”? This understanding comes only through trial and error.
Remind yourself that rest will only help you to be in a resourceful state in your work.
Remember the state you have forgotten for yourself, and what are you like when you are in a resourceful state, when you succeed in many things that you simply could not do before? How long have you been in this state? Do you often allow yourself to do something very important and useful for yourself? For workaholics, these questions are usually difficult. They have been living for a long time and remember only one thing - their work! Understand that the world is much wider and it is not limited only to work! Going beyond these boundaries, you can find out what else you are interested in and begin to explore it! That is how, through understanding where exactly your interest arises, there is an opportunity to expand knowledge about yourself and your possible sources for replenishing resources! Allow yourself to rest regardless of the results, the presence or absence of a goal, after a stressful moment in life and every day!