Exhausted and Too Busy?

I can not count the number of times that I hear that in a day.  As individuals and society, we seem to be activity rich and time poor and more and more people are tired all the time.  That even has an acronym – TATT.  Well hold everything boys and girls, women and me, because this situation can not go on forever.  Oh it can, but maybe you will not.  So what to do, what to do?

Since I have been there and done that, I am well qualified to offer up solutions so I will start with the most basic:

• Get a good nights sleep, take your work breaks, refresh yourself away from your work station for a few minutes every couple of hours, stretch your muscles and limbs regularly throughout the day and generally take care of yourself.
• Start your day off with some good food, eat and drink regularly throughout the day.
• Points one and two will ensure that you have the energy to process your work requirements as quickly as possible; you will not lose time because of a sluggish mind and body.
• Contract with yourself and your boss in necessary, to start and finish on time, cut out the starting early and finishing late.  Be sure to stick to this plan because it is very easy to say – I will just finish this or do that and then I will go.
• Try to bundle up some jobs and do them all at once.  We do that at work but often not at home.  Prepare two meals at one time so that you can have some free time another night.  Things like that.  Think about what else you can do that will free some time.
• Create a short time each day that belongs solely to you to do just as you please and spoil yourself for that time.
• Check the time that you spend on television, social networking sites and so on and see if you can use that time differently and for your own benefit.  You might find quite a bit of time is taken up with those things.
• And have a check up with your doctor.

Of all of those points though, the two that were most successful were taking good care of myself so that I had physical and mental energy and controlling my work hours.  Both required discipline and the forming of good habits but in the end saved my sanity.  So go ahead, see what you can do to claw back some time for yourself and have a great time doing it.  Move on from being exhausted and too busy.