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Get Work Done and Stay Healthy

Develop healthy habits to keep from burning out

Jim Benson
Tue, 11/29/2016 - 18:08
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I’ve been watching myself. Asking myself why do I do certain things? Why do I lose track of time?

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I’ve combined a few regimens that have calmed me down, increased my effectiveness, and made me feel healthier. I’ve created for myself things that some blithely call “habits.” But we all have habits we’re not really proud of and the word “habit” sounds pathological… like you’re Howard Hughes washing your hands.

So, one thing with a habit is to make it healthy. It’s something you do, often because you’ve created your own little system to do it. If you don’t do it, you don’t have a fit or lash out at the world, you just adjust to do better next time (or you just accept that life doesn’t always respect your system).

Having said all that, here’s my current system which has me feeling much healthier, successful, and calm.

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