Business travel isn’t part of your job. It’s a lifestyle.™
By the time I got off the plane at almost 1:00pm EST, I felt like someone had taken a hammer to my head while there was a wild animal eating its way out of my stomach, and, of course, I was supposed to drive directly to work at a site visit with my manager. In that moment, I knew that if I was going to survive in this business, I had to get it together. My travel, my nutrition, my exercise, my sleep, and my work had to be very focused.. There could be no more Marcey-induced spontaneity if I was going to have any hope to not end up a fat, frazzled business traveler that looked ten years older than I was, and burned out after two years on the road.
My confession and lesson of working late at night.
It’s 11:30pm.
I’ve been staring at my computer for five hours, with no break except to fix dinner and eat in front of my screen.
I get up again at 3:30am and bust out another three hours.
I used to work this way?
I can’t move today. My butt has amnesia.
Did you know your morning spinning class or afternoon run isn’t enough to prevent glute amnesia?
Did you know that your butt has the capacity to forget how to fire?
GAP – Glute Amnesia Prevention!
Telepressure. The new email disease.
Are you expected to work evenings and weekends?
Do you check email on vacations?
If so, you may be suffering from Telepressure.
Are you maximizing your break time?
How often do you take break time at work?
What are you doing when you take them?
Check out this cool infographic on Break Room Hacks for Workplace Productivity.
Should you can your workout or your emails?
I’m not sure what kind of workout to do.
I don’t know how many reps, sets or the speed.
I think individual responses to every email is thoughtful.
Why use your brainspace? Can it.
How to eat healthy and get rid of the excuses.
You don’t have time to eat.
You don’t have time to prep.
Get rid of the excuses not to eat healthy.
Get your mouth out of the garbage can and Pomodoro that task!
How to make decisions you won’t regret.
Eat. Sleep. Exercise.
Take breaks. Get outside. Drink some water.
How the little things you do can help you make decisions.
Car. House. Self. Are your priorities straight?
Do you let your car run out of gas before you fuel it?
Do you wait until the drip in your faucet becomes a flood in your kitchen before calling for help?
Do you let your physical mail pile up until there are 100 envelopes sitting on your counter before you open them?
Then why do you treat yourself this way?