Leave business in the company: How to use the time scientifically and rationally

It's 10 o'clock in the evening and my mind is still full of work-thinking about how I'm going to change the article, and what's wrong with the past articles.

Although my husband and I were sitting in the same room, my thoughts drifted half a kilometer away-something similar had been going on for months. Count up, in every job I've done in the past: I can't do all the work in my work time. Yes, I am a workaholic, like the brain energy burst, and in a day to absorb as much information as possible. I naively thought that the pace of work would make me better and more different, but I was wrong.

How many people do this: keep working until you're tired and stressed. and firmly believe that all these are taken for granted, only this is the only way to success.

My work has always been around, in the mobile phone and computer that I can reach. I always keep my first reply to work-related matters. Because I always think: if someone else is urgent to me, and I happen to have no cell phone, so misunderstood to do not want to work, then they will never find me. So, in order not to be fired, I have to reply at the quickest speed.

This logic seems to be watertight, but if you think about it, you'll find a flaw. Is the boss really going to fire me for not being able to get back to work hours? The answer is no. Compared to our 24-hour-a-day standby, the blood-mail-handling complex, bosses know clearly that clock is not good for anyone.

To help employees improve efficiency, Google has conducted a 10-year study. The survey found that only 31% of the employees were able to complete their tasks during the working hours, which meant that 69% of them would return home with their work. In fact, the real number should be far more than 69%, many people can not distinguish between work and life boundaries. The Google Dublin Division implemented a strategy called "Google Goes Dark": All employees must leave the work equipment in the company and remain closed. The idea is to urge employees to draw a line between work and life.

Overdraft is not a good way

You never call in sick, you don't have a holiday, you're on standby. You work 70 hours a week and believe that all efforts will be rewarded. However, working time is in direct proportion to productivity, just an illusion.

The Economist has reported a data from the OECD showing that the more efficient employees are, the less time they spend in the office. At the same time, Lifehacker did a further analysis and found that the most efficient work was 30 hours long.

Americans seem to never take vacations, and the average employee spends about 9.2 days a year, a figure of 6.2 days in 2011. The OECD's decoupled Life Index shows that the OECD employees work on an average of 1776 hours a year, 62% of the time per day (about 15 hours) for private living (eating and sleeping) and leisure (partying, family, playing games, watching TV). If you remove 8 hours of sleep, about 7 hours for personal entertainment, including some unpaid work, such as cleaning, commuting and so on. In a word, time is really not enough.

The disadvantage of the public and private

The body needs to constantly repair and regenerate, and we need time every day to work--to rest--to rearrange.

As the New York Times says, people switch from alertness to exhausting cycles of 90 minutes a day. We try to make fun of ourselves by refreshing our coffee or simply ignoring the tired signals from our bodies. But in the end, it always comes out, and tiredness will catch up with you and have a very bad effect on work and life. In other words, whenever you cheat, you are actually increasing the likelihood of overdraft.

The intersection of work and life

The intersection of work and life, refers to the people around you will always be affected by your physical and psychological state of indirect impact. If you go home with your work, you will have a negative impact on your family life. On the contrary, good family life can have a positive impact on work.

A good time with family and loved ones will make us strong again. Not only will it bring a good mood to the family, you will also reap more energy and release it to work again. It's like a dose of love medicine. But for a variety of reasons (fear of losing the job, worrying about being lazy), many people do not enjoy the benefits.

Remember: Appropriate help is necessary and everyone has a weak time. Make the most of your company's benefits and put more effort into your family. But it sounds simple to leave work in the company, how do you do it?

Make a simple second day planner

If you take your work home, you may think more. For example, how to deal with the messages not sent, and plan the trip after tomorrow. So, before you leave work, clean up your desktop. A clean desktop (or computer, email) can help you clean your brain better. As my colleague Mikael Cho says, physical clutter confuses attention. Because the brain's capacity is limited, the disruption caused by clutter can reduce productivity.

I started cleaning up the desktop half an hour before I finished my work, and the physical and digital finishing process can help me achieve psychological cleansing. The arrangement is both the table and the mood. Because I work from home, it's very important for me to sort out my work space. Otherwise, I will never get rid of the shadow of work.

Another good way to end a day is to write the next day's to do list. With a clear plan for tomorrow, you will be more specific about what you want to do and not be overwhelmed by the fact that too many things are piling up in front of you.

Write down your own accomplishments

At work, it's easy to focus on how much you haven't done and what you've done. Why don't you make yourself proud when you've spent so much time and energy? At the end of the day, review the To do list and see what's done and feel better. The following picture is my list of yesterday:

Many people do not know how to be proud of their achievements. At first it would seem a bit silly, but it will help you build up your confidence and get better at your next day's work.

Strict control of time

If you take the time to make a schedule, be careful to set aside a period of time to give your family or a specific job, so that the schedule is tightly controlled. It's like setting up a reminder and making a commitment to time-telling you when to start and when to end.

In addition, say good-bye to a trip with a short trip and a "work" sticker. If you are ready to rest for a while, be sure to let your colleagues know that they are unable to reach you during this period of time. Be loyal to your commitment to time and enjoy a long holiday. In addition to travel, this commitment also applies to "off duty". To say goodbye to my colleagues is a sign that today's events are over. A physical farewell can help you liberate your ideas. Therefore, establish a clear timetable, and strictly abide by, if unable to complete, try to make a new one.

The balance between work and life is commonplace and few people can do it. However, if you do not cherish personal time, how can you expect others to care? There are many things that never end, and overwork is not a good solution. Instead, it only makes every part of your life more fragile and vulnerable. Your health, sleep, and relationships will be affected and counterproductive to work. In fact, your boss and colleagues know that you are not a working machine, not to mention that they are not. Everyone has family, friends and life outside of work, so it's a well-deserved and understandable thing to care for yourself. At the end of the day, give yourself a vacation, but before that, you have to make a pact with your time.