YES, it’s a big challenge, a big big one 🙂
For the last three weeks, I have had this sense of fatigue; all my colleagues have the same thing but are still going to achieve the targets and the deliverables; at the beginning of this week, I started to get a little bit sick, and I can feel that my body asking me to rest and compensate for those weekends in between with no rest, there was no time to recharge like a typical weekend to continue working.
Now, every time I decide tomorrow, I will let my body and mind rest, but there are dependencies in my team’s flow that need my full attention, and I can see how we are striving to go through every little challenge between different products and business lines.
It struck me how my inner voice speaks, how my subconscious responds, and how the final decision is made at the end.
The Imaginary Conversation accrues at 9 AM to 11 AM:
- Inner: I need to rest
- Subconscious: The team needs me, and I need to deliver X and Y.
- Inner: Me needs Me too!!, I need the rest; popping pills won’t fix it when you will do it.
- Subconscious: But…I can’t be absent in those sensitive days, you know!
- Inner: Work will never end, and every day at work is sensitive. Ask yourself, what’s in it for you? Your Health Matters.
- Subconscious: Let me think about it. It is still early in the day, so I will try to check.
- Inner: I know that you will not do it, after all.
- Subconscious: Who do you think I am? I said that I would decide. I can deliver at list X and half of Y.
- Inner: I will see.
- TOGETHER: LET’S SEE!!
Subconscious discovers that action Z appeared in the middle of the day and has more priority than X and Y combined. Then, the Subconscious decides that he must show up the next day to continue, postpone the leave until the end of the week, and keep getting the painkillers that would help until this weird flu or cold passes without intervention.
So, I told myself to research it. I discovered that this conversation happens every time you are under stress when your body needs rest, and your mind needs to be disconnected.
What really helps?
A good morning mindfulness meditation session with a big smile really helps throughout the day. It releases the tension that our mind creates when time pressures us and calms us. Simple steps to follow would help.
Check the URL below. It may help a lot. You need to listen to your body very carefully. Ignoring these messages won’t ever end well; believe me, I’ve been there a lot.
