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Too Tired to Do Everything? How to Live Better Without Burning Out
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Productivity guilt
Productivity guilt happens when you feel overwhelmed by not attending to all the things you know you "should" be doing and having a nagging feeling that you're wasting time.
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Hidden contradictions of life advice
In practice, adding too many suggestions for living well will create a conflict with each other.
Suggestions are almost always given on their own, without including a wider context. You can read about why exercise, reading or meditating are good on their own, but rarely find information about how they trade-off against each other.
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Being too tired
There are two different types of feeling tired.
- The feeling you have as you're about to start an activity. Once you actually do it, your mood changes and you find you're glad you did it.
- The second kind persists throughout the activity itself. You find you struggle with pushing through more than five minutes of it. If you feel like this for weeks at a time, your habits are probably unsustainable.
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Doing 'everything'
You cannot do everything you should. It is okay to acknowledge that time for one activity means less time for another.
In theory, there's enough time for everything - in practice, there are always trade-offs.
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More hassle than help
Distinguish between a lack of inertia and persistent exhaustion.
If you push yourself to the gym but feel good afterward, it's good. But if you always feel exhausted in everything, you need to modify your priorities.
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Self-control
It’s your ability to resolve conflicts between your short-term desires and your long-term goals.
For example, successful self-control means sacrificing immediate pleasure (cookies a...
Why self-control matters
People who have high self-control aren’t missing out on enjoyment. Not being able to resist temptation and enjoying life are not the same things.
They tend to eat in a healthily way, exercise more, sleep better, drink less alcohol, smoke fewer cigarettes, achieve higher grades at university, have more peaceful relationships, and are more financially secure.
Biological limits to self-control
Research showed that self-control is ultimately limited by our biology. We can’t exercise effortful self-control indefinitely – the brain has to do regular maintenance to remain functional.
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Ego Depletion
Ego depletion happens when people use up their available willpower on one task.
We all have natural urges, desires, and tendencies that demand attention. When we curb those ...
Self Control
People having a high level of self-control experience better relationships and have higher achievement levels. Lack of self-control is associated with social conflict and low-grade academic performance.
Example: While following a diet regime, a person spends a lot of willpower the whole day trying to avoid junk food, but by the end of the day, all his mental energy has been exhausted, and there is no self-control left, resulting in snacking on unhealthy food.
Causes of Ego Depletion
Many emotional and physical factors contribute to ego depletion, like:
- Emotional distress
- Struggling to learn something new
- Mental fatigue due to anxiety
- Low levels of blood sugar
- Too much choice
- Conflicting beliefs and actions (cognitive dissonance)
- Heart Rate
- Hormonal imbalance
- Being young and immature.
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Less than 5 % of adults...
... participate in 30 minutes of physical activity every day.
More than 80 percent of adults fail to meet the guidelines for both aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, ac...
Staying physically active
... can reduce your chances of coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes.
It can also give you more energy, help you handle stress, and activate your mind for productive tasks – all important skills to succeed in your professional career.
Implement a Workout Session
Implement a workout session in your organization, such as a free cycling session every month or a discount to a yoga class.
It’s even better if you can make this physical activity a communal effort to motivate everyone to take part in strengthening their health. Workout sessions will release these happy chemicals and create a stronger bond among coworkers and make the everyday work atmosphere fun and exciting.