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Schedule Intentionally

If you want to free up your Friday and have it as a day of uninterrupted time that you can use however you’d like, you have to evaluate your weekly priorities and keep a close eye on your schedule.
Avoid to schedule meetings or other important things and keep on the table just casual stuff - a networking coffee get-together for example.

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Four Secrets Of People Who Finish Their Workweeks On Thursday

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Time Management

How To Manage Your Time

It's the problem we all face at the office: how to manage your time. You're so overwhelmed with meetings and email that you always wonder if you're really getting anything done. And often, you're not. But one expert has an answer to how to make sure you're getting ahead in your career while being less stressed and enjoying your work more.

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The 2 kinds of work :

“Deep work”: using your skills to create something of value. It takes thought, energy, time and concentration.
“Shallow work”: all the little administrative and logist...

Cal Newport

The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time it is becoming increasingly valuable in our economy. As a consequence, the few who cultivate this skill, and then make it the core of their working life, will thrive.<

Cal Newport on time management

Don’t schedule distractions. Schedule deep work.

Keep a scoreboard for deep work: The point is to shame yourself if you’re not up to snuff.

Stop saying “yes” to unimportant stuff;

Have a “Deep Work Ritual”: Hiding in a conference room and throwing your phone into an abyss is a good one.

Ask your boss how much time they want you spending on deep vs shallow work: If they say “100% shallow”, feel free to ignore everything above.

Rachel P.

@racfp15

When Living For The Weekend Becomes A Sign Of Job Burnout

Burnout is a real occupational hazard, and it does not disappear when the workweek is done. The tired, snappy, apathetic employee at the office is the same person who still holds those grudges at home. According to the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases, the main criteria for burnout isn't necessarily being overworked.

huffpost.com

Understanding burnout

The main reason for being burnout isn’t necessarily being overworked. It can also come from being under-challenged.

Burnout is chronic workplace stress that can result in feelings of...

Burnout and your free time

When you are experiencing burnout from the stress of your job, you can forget what time off is supposed to feel like.

You can even develop bad habits on the weekend that are making you feel even more drained and overwhelmed on Monday morning.

Living too much for the weekend

When people split their week up and start thinking of work as bad and the weekend as all good, that contributes to the problem.

Bring your weekend into your week, and find engagement elsewhere: if that's when you connect with friends and family, find a way to make it a part of your workdays as well. Also, choose to engage during your free days with activities such as volunteering, arts or even starting a side hustle.

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Michael Frost

@mrfrost

Experts Explain Why Mondays Are So Psychologically Hard

Here are some different reasons why this day can be particularly rough.

huffpost.com

Your body’s natural rhythm is messed up on weekends

People’s moods are commonly at their lowest on Mondays. The main reason is that we cram as much as possible into a weekend.

Many people are eating and drinking too much, an...

Losing the sense of freedom

Monday follows after two days of freedom and enjoyment. Even busy weekends have plenty of moments to relax.

People find it psychologically challenging to switch back into obligations and routines that they have little say over. It may feel like a loss of independence and control.

When we don’t love our jobs

Disliking your job or finding it very stressful can cause you to dread Mondays.

Even if you enjoy your job, additional stressors can make it more challenging, such as employment insecurity or feeling misaligned in your purpose at work. Once you accept that every job will have its struggles, you can move with the stress, not against it.

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