Wondering If There’s a Trick To Getting Things Done Faster?
Here’s a trick I learned a long time ago that has served me well. Start by getting off your seat (literally) and stand up. It’s better for your health and will help to be more productive. Here’s a story of how I changed my work area to be more productive.
I had been complaining about how heavy I was getting from sitting all day at a desk job working on my computer. It was nice at first to be off my feet when I first got the job, but as my metabolism began to slow, the weight came on very rapidly. I went from 10 hours a day constantly walking and moving around at a brisk pace while working in retail management, to almost no “real” physical movement. Within 4 months, I had gained 15-20 pounds and it seemed there was no slowing down. I had now gone to doing tech support and got tied to a desk where I needed to stay within reach of the phone for all 9 hours of my day. It was brutal and just got worse as the years went on and the health ailments starting following the weight gain. Today, I am at my heaviest ever and still have a desk job.
One of my healthiest times happened when I became unemployed and took a short retail job for about 8 weeks. After my body recovered from the shock of being back on my feet again, the weight fell off daily and my ailments (backaches and massive acid reflux issues) went away too! It was also amazing to me how much energy I had again! Old clothes started to fit, and current clothes were getting too loose. It was great!
It wasn’t long though that I went back to doing what I loved in front of computers and regained all the weight again and the health issues returned with a vengeance. That’s when my sister kindly sent me an infographic that was going around warning about the health risks of sitting all day.
You can see that infographic here:
http://mashable.com/2011/05/09/sitting-down-infographic/
Needless to say, I started to worry enough about all my health issues and what more I could expect if I didn’t make a change. I didn’t want to change from the job I loved doing, so I decided to change my environment a little.
(For Part 2 of this story – Click here to see on how I changed my work area)