daily routine

Escape your everyday life with little effort

9. November 2016 von Redaktion Leave a Comment

After a stressful working week every one of us looks forward to the upcoming weekend. Normally this means rest from everyday stress and hectic. But, it is very important to fill up our energy not only on the weekends – try to regularly escape your daily routine in everyday life as well! Now, which possibilities are there to do so without much effort?

Do sports: Go for swimming, jogging, dancing – sport is a successful tool for getting away from everyday stress and enhances physical and mental well-being. After doing sports, you possibly are tired but will feel more relaxed. Due to the released endorphins you will have a happy feeling.

Create a day without any appointments: Are you under a constant deadline pressure? Try to keep at least one day per week free from any appointments. Plan to do nothing important or urgent, seize the day and lean back.

Take advantage of the force of nature: During holidays, we are exploring our environment and let the landscape impress us. But, that also works at home! Go for a walk or take your bicycle; get to know the surroundings at your home and enjoy being in fresh air. You will be surprised how many nice places you are going to discover and how easy it is to escape everyday life there.

Meet some friends: Meet with some friends and have a cup of coffee or a relaxing dinner. Cook together, go to a concert – there are several possibilities for a social gathering. Joint activities enhance well-being.

Read a good book: It doesn’t matter whether you are in a hammock in your garden or at your couch – make yourself comfortable and read a good book. This is perfectly relaxing!

Do relaxation exercises: There are several relaxation techniques – find out what suites you best. Relaxation exercises help to reduce physical tensions and to interrupt constantly circling thoughts.

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Slow business: mindful working

14. July 2016 von Redaktion Leave a Comment

The daily-routine of numerous people is characterized by constant availability, permanent stress and load. Consciously and actively taking a time-out gains in importance – and more and more people are aware of that.

In many cities, a manager carrying his briefcase and his yoga bag at the same time is no longer a rare sight. A trend towards yoga is continuously growing. Only a couple of years ago, it was labelled as “esoteric trivia”; nowadays, attending a yoga class is just as normal as a visit to a fitness studio. This is due to a profound turnaround connected with a change in the world of work: triggered by the work-life-blending that unhinges the conventional separation of job and leisure time, the desire for peace and focusing grows. Slowing down, mindfulness and awareness are today’s keywords.

In the US, the CEOs no longer meet on TED meetings (technology, entertainment, design) but on “Wisdom 2.0” in California to find and invent wisdom there. The speakers at the event include company founders of Facebook, twitter or eBay. Meanwhile, the “Wisdom 2.0” also takes place in New York, Hawaii and for the first time in Singapore.

The desire for peace is visible in all areas of life: a vegan, vegetarian or simply clean-eating diet is constantly growing. In former days, energy drinks where used to mobilize the last possible resources for never-ending overtime working. Nowadays, the demand for drinks with a calming, relaxing or regenerating effect is constantly growing.

Regenerating by meditation and sufficient sleeping phases has got nothing to do with laziness. Resting phases are mandatory to gather strength and to be able to perform at maximum capacity in decisive phases. In tomorrow’s working world, private people and companies will actively support this way of thinking. Because: by consciously caring for mindfulness you enhance emotional intelligence and make room for concentration and creativity.

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Restful holidays with your baby

15. June 2016 von Redaktion Leave a Comment

Crying, lasting for hours – this spoils every night and might even spoil your vacation. Your baby is not able to fall asleep in spite of tiredness or it is waking up several times per night and you are not able to calm it – these things can be very tiresome. Especially, when you went on vacation because you wanted to relax from everyday stress.

Your baby has to get accustomed to the new surrounding first. Suddenly, there are other sounds and smells, the light conditions are different, maybe the temperature outside is completely different than at home. The bed is totally strange and the surrounding looks different.

There is no patent solution for this problem, since every baby reacts different on changes. But some hints might support calm holiday nights:

A travel cot comes in handy – but let your baby get accustomed to it and already let it sleep in there a couple of nights before leaving.
If possible, plan your arriving time a couple of hours before bedtime. This enables your baby to discover the new surrounding and eventually to lie awake in bed, before having to sleep.
In vacation, the daily routine is different than at home. Still try to stick to the usual sleeping rhythm of your baby and to maintain the normal rituals to fall asleep.
Don’t forget the favorite cuddle toy and plan sufficient time for cuddling in the evening.
Place the travel cot close to your bed or let the baby sleep inside your bed until your baby feels that you are close, even in this strange place. Especially in vacation it is possible that your baby has a stronger need for closeness.
When planning the daily events, consider your baby. Processing numerous new impressions might lead to sleeplessness.
Try to create lighting conditions similar to them at home.
Make sure that the bedroom neither is too warm nor too cold, 61° to 64°F are perfect. Air the room before going to bed and turn off the air-conditioning in the night. The noise might disturb your baby.

Don’t give up, when going to bed is not running smoothly at the beginning of your holidays. Your baby needs time to process the new and unusual impressions and experiences. Try to still enjoy your holiday and don’t let your baby’s sleeping behavior disturb you too much.