In today' s fast pacing world everybody is constantly moving, trying to accomplish one task after another or even multi-tasking. This constant working pattern results in more stress and anxiety for people. Some psychologists now suggest to devote some time in a day when you do absolutely nothing. While some people disagree to this suggestion as they believe they can never get things done this way. I strongly agree with this approach and I am explaining in this essay below why.
Firstly, When we are constantly working trying to achieve everything at a same time, it actually does overwhelm us and in turn makes us less productive than we actually are. Stopping for even couple of minutes between tasks helps clear our mind and reset our brain to focus clearly on next task. Moreover, We can get enhance benefits of this down time by having ' active rest' - which means doing either easy stretches or some meditation in between to calm our nerves before we pickup next daunting task. This especially is helpful for people who are constantly on move or in meetings throughout the day. Finally, research suggests taking 90/20 approach to work, which means take 20 minutes ' do nothing' break in between 90 minutes of work throughout the day. Now I personally tried this method and I see astounding results in my focus and stress is reduced dramatically.
Also, For some people who believe they can never get things done if they stop even for a while. But we need to take bigger picture here and also consider disadvantages that this approach presents. For example, For short term we may feel like we are achieving more tasks but in longer term this is actually contributing to more stress which we do take back home and it affects our personal life without realizing. Secondly, Working harder does not equals smarter. It creates more fatigue and results in less overall productiveness. We may blame it on ourselves and work even harder without seeing any improvement.
Finally, There are multiple studies conducted on tired brain and it clearly shows more we burn ourselves out, we see issues with brain functions such as, decreased hand eye coordination, poor motor skills and so on.
In order to improve overall mental health, we should focus on devoting some time in a day where we either do something we enjoy, clear our train of thoughts or simply do nothing. In longer term we will surely see stress reduction and improved focus which actually increases our productivity and helps us be more successful.
In
today&
#039; s
fast
pacing world everybody is
constantly
moving, trying to accomplish one
task
after another or even multi-tasking. This constant working pattern results in more
stress
and anxiety for
people
.
Some
psychologists
now
suggest to devote
some
time
in a day when you do
absolutely
nothing. While
some
people
disagree to this suggestion as they believe they can never
get
things done this way. I
strongly
agree
with this
approach and
I am explaining in this essay below why.
Firstly
, When we are
constantly
working trying to achieve everything at a same
time
, it actually does overwhelm us and in turn
makes
us less productive than we actually are. Stopping for even
couple of
minutes between
tasks
helps
clear
our mind and reset our brain to
focus
clearly
on
next
task
.
Moreover
, We can
get
enhance benefits of this down
time
by having ' active
rest&
#039;
-
which means doing either easy stretches or
some
meditation in between to calm our nerves
before
we pickup
next
daunting
task
. This
especially
is helpful for
people
who are
constantly
on
move
or in meetings throughout the day.
Finally
, research suggests taking 90/20 approach to work, which means take 20 minutes ' do
nothing&
#039; break in between 90 minutes of work throughout the day.
Now
I
personally
tried this method and I
see
astounding results in my
focus
and
stress
is
reduced
dramatically
.
Also
, For
some
people
who believe they can never
get
things done if they
stop
even for a while.
But
we need to take bigger picture here and
also
consider disadvantages that this approach presents.
For example
, For short term we may feel like we are achieving more
tasks
but
in longer term this is actually contributing to more
stress
which we do take back home and it affects our personal life without realizing.
Secondly
, Working harder does not
equals
smarter. It creates more fatigue and results in less
overall
productiveness. We may blame it on ourselves and work even harder without seeing any improvement.
Finally
, There are multiple studies conducted on tired brain and it
clearly
shows
more we burn ourselves out, we
see
issues with brain functions such as, decreased hand eye coordination, poor motor
skills
and
so
on.
In order to
improve
overall
mental health, we should
focus
on devoting
some
time
in a
day where
we either do something we enjoy,
clear
our train of thoughts or
simply
do nothing. In longer term we will
surely
see
stress
reduction and
improved
focus
which actually increases our productivity and
helps
us be more successful.