HOW TO BECOME ACTIVE IN YOUR DAILY JOB?
Feel like you’re out of place or bored at your workplace? Well if this is accurate, should you read below that is about becoming happy and at the same time active in your workspace.
First advise it if you have two days off, try switching up how you get to and from work. Leave the car at home and cycle or walk instead. Then, if you have a long day at work something as simple as standing up now and then while at work could help curb the related health risks of sitting for too long.
- Walk to a co-worker’s desk to speak with them instead of sending an email.
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
- Park your car a few blocks away from your work entrance.
- Take the “scenic” route to your desk to fit in some extra steps.
- Reorganize your desk so that you have to stand up and reach for any tools you regularly use.
- Stand up to answer the phone or write emails.
- Set an alarm to remind you to take a quick activity break.
Secondly, incorporating physical activity into your working day has numerous health benefits, decreases work absence, and boosts cognitive abilities, mood, and productivity. Given all the positive outcomes of being less sedentary, your boss may be open to changing up the working environment to provide more options for movement.
- removing chairs and desk seating
- encouraging walking meetings
- creating walking tracks
- introducing a pedometer program
- using mobile sets instead of traditional phones
- introducing games to the workplace
- offering activity monitors
- advising employees on activity and nutrition
- adding desks with movement interventions, such as treadmills
- sitting on bounce balls
Lastly, rather than eating your lunch at your computer while checking your smartphone and answering emails, take a break and do something physically active. You will go back to work feeling refreshed, revived, and more able to concentrate for the rest of the day.
The list above that may be able to help you towards the challenges that you will face in your future endeavors. Keep in mind that everything you do matters to the business and people surrounding you.
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