- This topic I'm extremely passionate about.
And the reason for that is because I've been through burnout
at my job and I understand how I got there
and I understand how important for me was to change my life
and prioritize work life balance.
You have to create boundaries
and world we live in with the remote work
it gets really complicated to create those boundaries
because your office is your house.
So you have your laptop,
you have your computer all the time available
and sometimes it's very common
to you work after six or seven, you work at night,
wake up early and start working.
You can't do that in the long term.
You have to prioritize your mental health
because if you continue to stretch those boundaries
you're gonna have problems,
you're gonna burn out and the result of that
is your performance going to be impacted.
You have to create those boundaries.
Make sure that every time that you schedule meetings
you only do meetings within those boundaries.
And if someone scheduled for too late
make that person aware.
Hey, I work until 5:00 PM central time.
Can you please schedule for a little earlier?
I understand that you are in the West Coast
so 5:00 PM for me is only 3:00 for you
is in the middle of the afternoon.
But I would appreciate
if you could schedule a little earlier for you
so we can be on within the same business hours.
Is important to vocalize those things.
It's important to make sure that people know about that.
If you don't communicate,
if you don't show your boundaries
and that you actually preserve work-life balance
you know, people will not respect
because they feel like you are okay working all the time.
So it's very important for you to create those boundaries,
prioritize mental health, create healthy habits.
I will not emphasize enough how important it is to exercise
for your mental health.
One hour a day, one hour a day.
You can do that early in the morning
before you start your shift.
That's how I do it.
That's how I prioritize because it's important
to me to get my workout done early in the morning
and feel energized throughout the day.
Sometimes if I skip my morning workout
and I postpone for the night, ah, my performance at work
is not the same.
I'm not energized and by the end of the day
when I'm going to workout, my performance at the gym
is also not the same because I'm already stressed and tired.
So try to revert a little bit.
Try to prioritize, even if it is a walk with your dog
if it is something that ride a bike
whatever is the activities that you do
try to do in the morning
because you get rid of that thing right away,
you feel that boost on energy
and you gonna be way more productive.
So you have to create this balance where you have your work,
your social life, your relationship, your hobbies, right?
And the foundation of everything is really
exercise, nutrition, and sleep.
You have to rest.
You have to make sure that you are resting.
The old days of you know, brag about being workaholic
and work the whole night, this is gone.
This is not sustainable.
You have to make sure that you are create those things.
Now, don't take me wrong
there will be times that you may have to stretch yourself
and stay awake a little bit longer, right?
Mainly if you work in a field of cybersecurity
such as instant respondent.
You are in a critical situation, you have to investigate.
You just cannot leave.
That can happen.
But don't allow that to be your daily routine.
If it happens once, that's fine.
You handle, you take the next day off whatever is the case.
But don't let this be your routine
unless this is part of the job,
which can be the case too, right?
You know the job responsibilities
maybe you are on the second shift
you are working through the night.
So choose something that is addable to your reality
and to what you really want to do moving forward.
Now to do much more things
a lot of people they try to multitask
and this is really a problem.
Avoid distraction and multitasking.
When you try to multitask you get a perception
that you're getting a lot of things done.
But what is the level of quality of those things?
Mainly when you try to multitask of doing some work,
writing e-mails while you're talking to a family member
like your daughter or son, you are sharing your attention.
You're not really giving 100% to your family and you are not
giving a hundred percent to your work.
So be 100% present at the task at hand.
Don't multi-task.
Focus on finishing one thing and then move to the next.
Be 100% present when you are doing something.
This is very important.
And when you are in meetings, a lot of people
they don't turn on the camera.
Why? Well, because they want to keep multitask
and writing an email and talking about other things.
And then when you ask a question, do you agree with that?
Or can you repeat the question please?
Why was that?
Well, most likely that person was not paying attention.
So this perception that other people have from you
is very important.
That's why I always say turn on your camera, be present.
Listen, understand, ask follow up questions.
Be active present, not only physically present.
You have to be mentally engaged on that conversation.
That's super important.
The other thing is that you can do to facilitate
your time management is to create weekly goals.
What do you want to achieve this week?
Create the weekly goals and then break down every day
the tasks that you want to accomplish.
Prioritize your workload to understand
what needs to be delivered on that week,
and then make sure that you have a plan
that consists of many tasks,
a list of tasks that you want to achieve on that day
or every single day, so that way you can just check box,
okay, this is done, this is done.
Much easier to manage.
So you can have monthly goals,
you can have weekly goals, and with the weekly goals
you have daily tasks that you need to do, you know,
to achieve that weekly goal.
It works really well.
You just need to organize yourself and start doing this.