Pacing Yourself: 90 Focus, 10 Re Fuel
April 5, 2021
Pacing Yourself to build in refueling moments
Any of you, at the end of a long weekend get enough rest to realize how tired you are?
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You've been running hard and you've made lots of successful pivots to continual changes we face.
Then, we hear of more Ontario wide changes and more uncertainty.
We will be ok. Who is going to ensure that we are ok? It has to be us. How do we ensure that we will be more than ok? We will more than ok, IF we take charge of our day. Its got to be us, pacing ourselves to include holiday, rest and refuel in EVERY DAY....in fact EVERY hour.
How?
Pacing ourselves every hour... yes, you heard it right. Why wait for holidays until later, re fuel every hour in these 4 specific ways.
This is how is works.
90 minutes Focus and 10 min Re Fuel.
How to Re Fuel-*ya-we are not as good at that! The Power of Full Engagement' by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz calls them Rapid Recovery Rituals
Physical-rehydrate, exercise,
Emotional -connect by phone with a friend, set up a time to anticipate, look forward to
Mental-let my mind wander, put on some music, pull out a sketchpad, grab a moment outside
Spiritual-how I want to be remembered, how do I want to help? revisit my sense of purpose
90 Focus followed by 10 min Re Fuel
90 Focus followed by 10 min Re Fuel
Is this a hard and fast 90/10 routine...well it can be. It can also be that you just recognize that our bodies work that way. You can't just ignore your bodies signals to eat, or to sleep, or to walk away. Begin to pay attention to your body and you will see your rising frustration earlier-you will realize you have come to the end of your Focus time and its time to Re Fuel.
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