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6 Ways Being a Workaholic Can Take a Toll on Your Health
Workaholics have Sleep Troubles
Work addicts experience sleep trouble, with their busy schedules, without realizing that sleep actually benefits productivity.
This sleep deprivation also leads to crankiness and memory impairment.
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Treat Your Mind
Stressing your mind with heavy tasks reduces the output and quality of your work. Within your budget, strive to awe yourself with unique activities and you will recover faster from the stress.
Pause Everything Related To Work
If you're truly going to take a break, you need to take time off from everything:
- Set up auto reply for your email account.
- Keep only an emergency phone number activated and leave it with the few people who are likely to be apprised of any worst-case-scenario emergencies that might need your personal attention.
- Stay away from people with whom you have only a work relationship.
Workaholism Pros And Cons
- Being a workaholic isn’t necessarily a bad thing -- if you can balance work with pleasure. If you love your work, your “workaholism” likely brings you feelings of fulfillment and financial security.
- On the flipside, workaholism impacts mind, body and general productivity. Research has found a link between workaholism and reduced physical and mental well-being as well as reduced marriage satisfaction. These studies stress the importance to be cautious and take periodic breaks.
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Chronic busyness
Being chronically busy can become a badge of honor. It makes you feel important.
It can also hurt your health. The long hours, stress and lack of relaxation time can result in insomnia...
Addicted to chronic busyness
- How would you describe your days? Would you call them hectic, chaotic, consumed in activities?
- How does being busy make you feel? Do you enjoy the excitement of going from one activity to another throughout the day?
- Do you take fewer vacation days than you’re given or even skip vacation time altogether (like Tom)?
- What activities do you normally do when you’re not at work? Do you rarely take time to sit, relax and read a book or magazine for fun?
- Are your friends and family weary of hearing how busy you are? Have you ever seen someone roll their eyes when you talk about how busy you are?
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Change Your Diet
Eating lots of protein is essential for staving off fatigue, especially early in the day when your cortisol levels are high.
- Breakfast: eat eggs, a slice of ham or add protein pow...
Clean Out Your Gut
If you're frequently tired or feel bloated, you may want to get your gut in shape:
- Avoid aspirin.
- Cut out alcohol for a month.
- Avoid aspartame. This artificial sweetener is a pro-inflammatory. It acts like "a film inside your colon."
- Drink about eight glasses of water daily.
Get Better Sleep
To get better sleep, improve your bedroom hygiene.
- Get the television out of the bedroom.
- Go to bed and get up at the same time every day.
- Keep the bedroom cool to help you fall asleep.
- If you have trouble falling asleep, get up and leave the room until you feel tired.
- Never exercise after 4 pm.