Staying Calm during COVID
Welcome to our Wellbeing during COVID-19 resources blog. Each of our blogs links directly to one of our 6 rules for keeping calm during the COVID crisis.
Why being unproductive is sometimes the most productive thing you can do.
If you’re like me, there will have been days throughout the past few lockdown months where you’ve felt on fire, productive, positive and capable and other days where you’re not quite sure what you’ve achieved. Your to-do list seems unchecked, your sense of overwhelm kicked in and the whole spiel seemed never-ending.
On those days you may find a carousel of questions rolling through your mind.
Are you achieving enough?
Have you been productive today?
Why didn’t you tick all of the items on your to-do list?
Were you available to everyone who needed you today?
Were your team heard, your kids fed, the dog groomed - did you drink enough water??
Very early in lockdown, one of the regular things my colleagues in my social networks were thankful for was the quieter pace of life. There was a short period of time as we adjusted into our lockdown lives where we appreciated just how BUSY we had been, how unnecessary it was and how tired we had become.
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