Life Literacy by Matt Young

Author:Matt Young [Matt Young, Nelson Soh and Stan Peake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

The same goes for the work day. Research reported in the Harvard Business Review showed that the average employee gets interrupted 50 to 60 times per day, and around 80 per cent of these interruptions aren’t important. Having a solid routine of when you are going to take breaks, check your social media, and deal with personal issues and other things will not only increase your efficiency but decrease your stress as others learn when they can and should engage you during your workday (and when they shouldn’t).

Your end-of-the-day routine is just as important as your beginning-of-the-day routine. Work is done and if you have pets, children or significant others, this is when your proverbial second jobs will commence. The negative stresses start to appear when we don’t turn our time or attention off of work and onto other important facets of our lives. This work-life balance is discussed in detail in Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People where he breaks into great detail the power of habits, with routine being one of them. Five tips for a successful end-of-the-day routine may include:

Everything has a place. Instead of throwing your keys in some random place, your jacket some other place it doesn’t belong and your wallet wherever you happen to be, find a tidy, consistent, singular place for each of these items. This saves time later and prevents making you late because you had to look for these items.

The 100 per cent rule. When you’re at work—focus on work, not the upcoming weekend or basketball game on TV that night. When you’re at home—be home. When you’re with your friends—be with your friends, not having your face five inches from your phone screen. If you can’t focus at home because you’ve got that major project that isn’t finished, get it done right away, otherwise you aren’t enjoying your time with family or friends because you’re preoccupied with an unfinished task at work.

Plan your life, not just your work. Dinner with friends, your spin class, anything else that’s important to you should make its way onto your calendar. If you show us someone who only uses their calendar for work, we’ll show you someone who complains at least some of the time about life balance.

Sharpen the axe (in all areas of life). While we all have long days that leave us craving the couch the moment we walk in the door, we shouldn’t “turn off” completely at home. Learning is an essential skill for life—all of life. You might be reading a book about sales to grow in your career, but what about relationships? Finance and investing? Parenting? Mindset? Fitness and nutrition? Even learning a new language or new skill helps us to sharpen the axe, so to speak. One of our author’s sons taught him how to play chess at the age of 43 just this past year!

Set yourself up for success the night before. Set out tomorrow’s clothes (workout and school or work) the night before.

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