31 Quick And Easy Tips To Improve Your Wellbeing At Work
- Ditch your chair and sit on a Swiss ball instead – strengthen your core while you toil.
- Drink lots of water throughout the day for clear skin and flushing the digestive system. Keep a bottle at your desk.
- If you feel a bit edgy, switch from coffee to green tea and see if that helps.
- Forget the lift and take the stairs – two at a time to shape your legs and define your butt!
- Give your eyes regular breaks from the PC and do some shoulder rolls with closed eyes to relieve any eye and neck strain.
- To improve spinal mobility throughout the day, a few standing Pilates roll downs will help a tight back. Feet hip-distance apart, nod the chin to chest, soften the knees and roll down sequentially through the spine and roll up again.
- Avoid ringing your work colleague when they’re in the next office – move – go and see them instead. If you do have to use the ‘phone, then stand up to converse.
- Exercise your brain by avoiding the mobile’s calculator for simple sums.
- Ignore all office gossip – wastes time and energy.
- Open a window for fresh air instead of using the air-con.
- Take advantage of the office gym if there is one or a discounted gym membership if your company offers it, and workout at least three times a week.
- Participate in the office yoga class or find a teacher and start your own group at lunchtime. Apart from improving physical flexibility and strength, it eases mental and emotional stress.
- Cycle or jog to work or get off a train/bus stop early and walk the rest of the way to improve your cardio fitness. Wear trainers on your way to and from work.
- Eat healthily (organic if you can) and prepare your own lunch at home to bring with you. Eating for health is a natural and safe way to maintain your ideal weight and look good. Saves money too.
- During lunchtime, find a peaceful place to sit for 10 minutes to focus on your breathing to bring you into the present moment. Or take a quiet walk being aware of each step.
- If anxious about an important meeting coming up, find a quiet space and spend a few moments to become centred and count to 10 before going in.
- Learn to say no if you are being put upon – become more aware of your own (and other people’s) boundaries.
- Notice what you are really feeling in your body to help enhance intuition and make the right decisions.
- Read about different types of personalities in the workplace and learn how best to deal with your work colleagues.
- Go on training courses – learn, grow and move onward and upward.
- Get into the habit of only checking email twice a day – leave an automatic reply to say this is being done but they can call you if it’s urgent – most things aren’t.
- Become involved in office games – the sporty variety. Join the football team, play netball or go bowling. Socialising with like-minded positive people immediately lifts your spirits.
- Respect your own down time as well as others.
- Work in natural daylight if possible. Vitamin D promotes better health and can boost productivity.
- Work at a standing desk if that’s available.
- Keep your computer clean – wipe your keyboard at the end of each day. Or if sharing, wipe it before you start work to prevent the spread of germs.
- Turn off the notifications on your mobile for social media sites to avoid unnecessary distraction.
- Add some plants around the workplace or on your desk to help reduce noise level and improve creativity.
- Turn off your email alert on your mobile when you leave work – remember the days when we left work and work was left!? Back in the day, no one would dare contact you outside working hours
- Avoid overdoing the Netflix when you get home and ensure you have a bed routine for a good night’s sleep.
- Are you really doing the job you love? Know/feel the difference – if you love what you do then it won’t feel like a hard slog. If it does, ditch the excuses and work out an exit scheme now!