You’re having a productive start to the day, when suddenly that midday slump hits and you can’t help but find yourself wanting to face-plant onto your desk. Does this sound familiar?
How do you typically boost your energy when feeling tired?The common answer: caffeine.
That doesn’t have to be the only answer, though. You can refresh your body and mind without coffee or anything related to caffeine. Keeping your energy up is essential to your productivity and ability to meet daily demands.
Here are 10 ways you can overcome that lunchtime sluggishness and perform at your best.
Understand Why Your Energy Drops
A healthy metabolism allows you to function at your best and ensures that you achieve the recovery you need at night - such as through good sleep. When your blood sugar is poorly regulated, you will experience a drop in energy over time. This can be due to a poor diet, skipping meals, or just generally not meeting your body’s demands. By regulating your blood sugar, you regulate your energy production.
Omit Processed Carbs
Choose Dark Chocolate Over Other Chocolates
Prioritise Important Tasks
Move Your Body
You can also just go for a walk. From reducing blood sugar levels and elevating your mood to helping you think more creatively, and more, walking ihas certainly proven its various benefits!
Once everyone can safely return to the office, you could incorporate more walking into your at-work routine, too. Take the stairs over the elevator, walk to your colleague's desk instead of emailing, and have walking meetings over seated meetings.
Listen to Music
If you’re still working from home, you could even have a little boogie in between completing tasks and work calls - you’ll definitely be smiling, and feeling less sluggish, by the end of your party-for-one!
Stock Up On Essential Oils
Absorb Some Positive Rays
If you have the privilege of living by a balcony or garden, then utilise the space to your advantage. Make sure to get your dose of vitamin D as sunlight can trigger the parts of your brain that are connected to feeling alert. Sunlight has a positive effect on your melatonin production too, which means that your energy levels will increase - bye bye constant yawning! The ideal amount of time under the sun would be 15 minutes at least, so the next time you have lunch, why not take it outdoors? Researchers have proven how incorporating the sun into your work schedule can improve the mental health of employees
Ice, Ice Baby
This solution to dealing with the midday slump is the total opposite of absorbing sunlight. In lieu of sweating under the sun, a cold shower could be what works best for your body. Despite the differences in temperature, a cold shower has similar benefits: it helps you concentrate and can increase focus. Despite how a cold shower can feel like an attack when you're not used to it, it actually helps reduce stress levels and is ideal for those without access to a balcony or garden.
Get Visualising
Visualisation has long been used for personal development as it can better cognitive performance and in turn, support goal achievement. Moreover, visualisation techniques can enhance your energy throughout the day and prevent fatigue. If you’re new to visualisation, you could start by self-inducing certain states of being, such as being energised or relaxed, for example at your favorite holiday destination. If you prefer some guidance, use an app like HeadSpace.
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