My home is three things: my sanctuary, my office, and my yoga studio.
Yes, I work from home, but, before you go into the standard response I always get of, “You're SO lucky!” please know this: working from home requires serious discipline—discipline that I didn't always have.
True, I don't have to punch a time card, sit in rush hour traffic, or even put on pants if I don't want to, but I do have to show up and motivate myself every. single. day. And truth be told, that can be hard to do.
I've always been a yogi, but when I started working from home this year I found my dedication to my practice slipping. I wasn't heading to my mat regularly, my days were without structure, and while I didn't immediately realize it, this was effecting me
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But, rather than roll my mat up and throw it into my closet I came back, day after day. Sometimes for just a 15 minute practice, and sometimes for an hour. By the end of the month my crow pose was no longer a near face-plant into the mat—proof that patience and perseverance prevail.
It's Ok To Take a Break
For some reason, as soon as I sat down with my computer to work, I wouldn't get up from it—all day. I no longer took the 1-hour long lunch breaks I used to get, and I no longer had coworkers to have brief chats with, or brainstorms with. Somedays really had me feeling a bit stir crazy, and staring at a screen for hours on end became torturous.
So, like on my mat when I would come back to my breath, or stay an extra five minutes in Savasana, I allowed myself to take breaks here, too. Not only did I deserve them—I still work a full 8 hour day—I needed them, too. So, I let go of the guilt of disconnecting. I turned off my phone and shut down my computer for an hour and took some much needed time
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Doing yoga for the first week of my challenge in the basement wasn't ideal, but moving up to the bright and sunny living room made it much more enjoyable.
Similarly, most mornings, before I had a home office I worked from either the kitchen table, or the couch. Aside from feeling ache-y from sinking into the couch cushions all day, I felt a serious lack of motivation. This is where I used to come to relax and unwind when I'd get home from an actual office, it wasn't an environment that was conducive to good work (or good posture).
My home office was a long work in progress. I demoed it myself, which made it take even longer. When it was finally finished, I realized that much like how the dark basement affected my headspace for practice, my lack-of-office environment had effected my headspace for work.
I filled my new office with creativity and color. I added crystals to my desk, paintings and photos to my walls, and candles all throughout. These things made me happy. They made me feel inspired, ready to work, and they made my office a place I wanted to
People all over are adopting working from home. Mothers especially are appealed by the idea of taking care of their home and bring in income. From the outside, it may look as a laissez faire kind of adventure but in retrospect, it is serious work. Working from home requires self-discipline, without it the “freedom “that it offers could turn into a draining venture that does not compensate.
Since beginning Penn Foster, it has been a challenge to balance out all my reasonability’s as an adult. From working 40 hours a week at my local Walmart, to volunteering a few hours of each day at my local SPCA. My life is full of chaos. I rarely get any “me” time and when I do I am trying to finish up my assignments. Working at Walmart is not really stressful, granted we are a very high volume store but all I really do is stock shelves, and assist customers when needed. The stressful part becomes before I actually make any money. My Walmart schedule is 1 pm till 10 pm. So bright and early, 8 am I am up on my way to the
Robert Probst, a designer who worked as the Director of research for office of furniture manufacturer, Herman Miller Inc., developed the “Action Office”, it was a proposition for an altogether new kind of space, a design which had plenty of work surfaces and display shelves; partitions were a part of it, intended to provide privacy and places to pin up works in process. This is how the office cubicle came into being. Today, it is estimated that more than 40 million North Americans spend their working lives in cubicles, with many of them passing more waking hours in the closed-office environment than in any other—even their own living rooms.
Quieter places, with moderate talking, are places that I feel happiest, as I can work best in these areas. Environments with some music generate a feeling of more success, as music is a strong passion of mine, and it helps
Technology is getting more and more advanced. It is impressive that what back in the day people would make an extra effort to study, work, or to leave a certain habit. Mark Bittman mentions “It takes different formats for different people, and you have to build up to it; you can’t run five miles if you’ve never run at all (page 3).” Everyone needs courage to fight this addiction and if we preserve, we might defeat this horrible situation. In my personal experience, I’ve always said if you want something, you must give something in return. If we want peace, we need to absent ourselves from making any bad decision. If we want to take vacations, we will need to give time and get money at work. In this case if we want to be free from this terrible addiction, we need to put apart any electronic device little by little. Although, many people think that it is not necessary to leave our phones apart to have peace, other people who have practiced different methods to find inter peace affirms that putting any technology apart had a huge impact in their lives. Even though, Mark Bittman it is not a spiritual person, he found personal peace by making time to relieve his soul. If we give ourselves some more personal space and practice the beautiful hobby of a virtual break, we will find ourselves in a better
On February, 2016 I am planning to buy a new house, and converting one of the rooms into an office. Having an office for my own will allow me to better concentrate in my studies, due that right now it’s very distracting and uncomfortable doing school work on a stool bar chair in my dining room.
We believed there is still more to learn about the impact of the built-environment on people creativity, productivity and on involvement into physical activities. Regardless of the occupations, new research must look into how groups of related professions could benefit from a suitable and adapted workspace that could enhance their well-being and reduce the level of stress associated with spending considerable time at work. Other research lead could investigate further the use of flextime for workers, which is been known to allow people to work from home. However, it is not always possible given the variance of work settings and professions.
In the year 1949 the term ergonomics was coined from the Greek words “ergo” meaning work and “nomos” meaning law in a meeting attended by distinguished psychologist and physiologist. The same group later formed the ergonomic research society (ERS) which was the first body in the world to study on ergonomics. ERS then evolved to the ergonomics society (ES) and then to the current Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (IEHF) (Omerley, 2103). Office ergonomics is part of this generalized evolution of ergonomics with it being a recognized discipline among the domains of ergonomics. Office ergonomics deals mainly in the office setting or environment and helps in averting injuries and adapting the work to the person rather than the person to the work.
has given me such a sense of accomplishment and pride. At times, I take an extra minute just to
I am not here to discourage you from going to the gym but telling the wider perspectives that yoga can deliver compared to the former.
Work place or occupational stress refers to any form of restrain that is experienced when there is no match between job demands and the output of the worker. The article ‘Occupational stress’ aims at showing ways in which stress people get from their work place affect them and what causes the stress. This condition may encompass many conditions that include maladaptive behavior, psychological disorders, cognitive impairment, as well as emotional strain. These conditions lead to poor performances at work, injuries, or biological reactions that in turn may compromise the health of the employee.
... body movement: Try Yoga, Chi Kung, or Tai Chi.For reducing stress: Try meditation, visualization exercises, taking deep breaths, or going for a walkFor working through sore, stiff, or sensitive muscles: Try massage, physiotherapy, trigger point therapy, acupressure or shiatsuFor reducing inflammation and pain: Try ice or a package of frozen vegetables on the affected area.For relieving neck strain after sleeping: Use a cervical roll or a "contour pillow" and don't sleep on your stomach.For general well-being: Take frequent rest breaks (recommended is 5 minute rests every 20 minutes and get out of your chair at least once an hour), drink lots of water, exercise, stretch, and move around often.CONCLUSIONSThose are the basics. The most important thing to ask yourself is: Are you comfortable throughout a day's work?
In “Americans Are Overworked, but Still Surprisingly Happy on the Job,” Suzanne Lucas claims that an appropriate amount of work can make workers feel satisfied, but
The goal of this study was to identify the ways in which engaging in yoga practices would alter psychological well being, and allow people to engage more fully in their lives and flourish in health and happiness. The pre and post test set up of this study allowed the researchers to see the ways in which students had been affected by their participation in the yoga teacher training. Yoga training students were engaged in a four week program. They were administered tests and the beginning of the study, prior to engaging in the program, at the end of the program, after completion, and then again at a 3 month follow up. Multiple factors were assessed, however the significant and important ones which relate directly to our understanding of healthy, happiness and wellness and the course content are extremely
This week’s analysis is associated with the yoga class provided online to help with stress reduction. The first term that I came across was psychophysiology and how this principle is based on the mind and body being one and how our thinking affects all physiology. This principle was the perfect definition of yoga because yoga focuses on how the mind and body connects with each other. It gives you a sense of relaxation throughout your mind and body together. Furthermore, the yoga that was in the video was a yoga style called hatha. Which practices asana (yoga postures) and pranayama (breathing exercises). According to the book, this practices helps bring peace to the mind and body and prepare our body to do deeper exercises. The art of breathing was mentioned during the exercise and in the book. Breathing is very important when trying to unite the mind, body, and spirit. So, having slow, deep breathes was a main focused during the exercise. Another term that was used in the video was the art of stretching, which allows us to become aware of our flexibility of our muscle while moving. Lastly, the art of balance is significant because it allows us to move into the next form of position on both sides of our body. Some of the workouts pose that was mention in the textbook that I did was two knees to the chest, cobra, and head of cow. Overall, hatha