With the busy autumn season fast approaching, now is the time to develop a game plan to keep yourself in top form, says Emma Nicolson, a Hamilton, Ont.-based occupational health and safety specialist with the Canadian Centre for Occupation Health and Safety (CCOHS).<\/p>\n
“If you are in a healthy frame of mind,” Nicolson says, “the likelihood that you will make healthy choices increases.”<\/p>\n
Nicolson offers four tips to get you started on your wellness plan:<\/p>\n
> Manage your workflow<\/strong> One strategy to help you avoid becoming overwhelmed is to create a master chart of all the tasks you are currently managing. You can choose to do this on a spreadsheet or a whiteboard.<\/p>\n Create three columns: what has to get completed today; what you would like to get done today; and longer-term projects.<\/p>\n Segment your tasks into those columns and cross them off as you complete them. Take five minutes every morning to update your chart.<\/p>\n > Eat well<\/strong> Keep healthy snacks handy in your office, so you can indulge in fresh fruit, fresh vegetables or a handful of nuts when hunger pangs strike.<\/p>\n Keeping your head in the game, Nicolson says, requires good fuel for your body.<\/p>\n
Be honest with what you can reasonably accomplish in any given day. Working yourself into the ground, ultimately, won’t serve you or your clients well.<\/p>\n
When planning to meet clients for lunch, choose restaurants that offer healthy options. On days when you are not meeting clients for lunch, prepare a healthy, tasty meal the night before and take it to the office.<\/p>\n