Before plunging head first into year-end, keep these three glorious elements from Thanksgiving into December, and maybe even beyond.
Share to twitterThanksgiving is a glorious holiday. Not for our problematic colonial history that it celebrates, but for the setup of celebrations Thursday followed by a three-day weekend with few to no prescriptions or expectations. Of course, it also kicks off the winter holidays and year-end, with all of the requisite festivities, obligations, joy, and stress.
Science and wisdom agree that after a large effort, whether that’s being nice to distant family, preparing 10 side dishes for 15 people, or driving in holiday traffic, our bodies and minds need a rest. Theis a four-step cycle, including recovery. We can’t peak perform continuously, but that is what we so often aim for, working long weeks, planning elaborate social or family schedules on the weekend, only to escape to jam-packed vacation itineraries, and then start all over.
Whether you’re a team leader, company owner, freelancer, or employee, explore what ability you might have to build in down days for yourself, your team, and/or your kids and family. The four-day work week is catching onDon't underestimate an hour with a book, a dog, some tea, a movie, or just 40Watercooler chat has been largely outmoded by email and messaging technologies, remote work, and permanently bowed heads monitoring our phones.
Small talk is not always efficient, but it does build human connection, increase oxytocin and other neurochemicals that are conducive to peak performance. Most Thanksgiving get-togethers include some people who we don’t see regularly, whether by choice or busy-ness .
And there’s no way to strengthen your gratitude muscle than setting it up for success by separating from your phone, which tends to be a constant stream of comparisons that are more conducive to ‘not enough’ than recognizing the miraculous abundance in all of our lives.... [+]
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