Be Productive — Stay Healthy!

What you do not want to do is to be on med­ical leave for your most impor­tant meet­ing in the office for the week.  Often, we neglect the very basic need of our indi­vid­ual needs that is our per­sonal health.  A healthy body allows us to think and work prop­erly in the office.  It is required for per­sonal pro­duc­tiv­ity.  You won’t be able to do any­thing if you fall sick eas­ily and there­fore, it is essen­tial that we take good care of our body to keep our­selves afloat of our busy lifestyle and schedules.

1. Lis­ten to your body – Most often, we neglect tell-tale signs that our body is falling apart in the office.  We often push our­selves above our lim­its and tire the body.  If you get lethar­gic eas­ily at work, it is time to take a more proac­tive obser­va­tion of your body.  Your body might be sig­nalling to you that it needs some rest.  Yes we got time line to meet.  But you will need the body to meet the time­line.  Before your body fully breaks down into colds, take a break and get your­self away from work for a few min­utes.  When you are at home, pam­per your­self and give your­self more sleep.  These nec­es­sary breaks will allow you to get back your energy and health so that you can con­tinue your work the fol­low­ing day!
2. Learn your lim­its – Another prob­lem with fast mov­ing indi­vid­u­als these days, is not know­ing their lim­its.   They push harder than what they can cope.  They rush to meet the date­lines and ignore that they have bro­ken their body lim­its.  Your body needs the rest and its work­ing even harder when you are push­ing over the lim­its.  The body will tell you signs that it is work­ing too hard.  Take a moment to lis­ten to your body and rest.  Record times that you feel stress­ful phys­i­cally and men­tally.  Learn that these are your lim­its.  Man­age your work style in a way that does not push your lim­its over­board.  What you need is a healthy chal­lenge, not one that will cre­ate health problems!
3. Stretch – The sim­plest form of relax­ation that you can do while sit­ting on the chair.  Stretch­ing is ben­e­fi­cial as it releases the ten­sion on your mus­cles, improves blood cir­cu­la­tion and gives you a log­i­cal break of what­ever you are doing.  If you are read­ing this right now, take a moment to stretch real hard!  If you can, stand up and do a full body stretch!  You’ll feel refreshed and alert after the full body stretch and ready to con­tinue what you have left off!
4. Take the stairs – You may have the lux­ury of time to exer­cise daily or even weekly.  Why leave the exer­cise rou­tine to the gym and parks?  Why not turn the office build­ing into a work­out facil­ity?  You can skip the lifts and take the stairs up to your office floor.  Tak­ing the stairs is help­ful in work­ing out your leg mus­cles and also work­ing out the heart.  Make it a daily habit and you’ll be glad that you started it.  You will reach office with a health­ier mind and body and ready with the chal­lenges for the day!
5. Enjoy the sun – Most of our time is locked up in the air-conditioned build­ing.  You get exposed to the virus and bac­te­ria that is trans­mit­ted through the cen­tral ven­ti­la­tion or air-conditioning sys­tem.  Get your­self out of the office and enjoy the sun.  The sun will brighten you up and give you a chance to break away from being exposed to the virus and bac­te­ria.  Fur­ther­more, the sun­light pro­vides you Vit­a­min D that is help­ful to your health!

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