From the course: Supporting Your Mental Health While Working from Home
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Dealing with new demands on your time
From the course: Supporting Your Mental Health While Working from Home
Dealing with new demands on your time
- Feel like you've been catapulted into a whole host of new roles that you haven't been trained for, don't have time for, and certainly didn't sign up for? Well you're not alone. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were suddenly experiencing various worlds colliding. Even if your worlds are separated back out, the strategies we're going to explore here are useful to bear in mind during times of any change. Firstly, keep to a sleep routine. If you feel like you've been juggling everyone else's needs during the day and you get to the end of the day and realize you still have a pile of work to get through, one of the options is to stay up late doing the work. It's an option many people take. I'm not here to say it's right or wrong, only to make sure that you know what it could potentially be doing to your brain, so that you're making an informed choice. You can think of our brains as being rejuvenated during sleep,…