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Hey , it's Alex from Remote Work Life . Thank you

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for joining me for today's episode

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, where I'm gonna share today's tip

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of the day and I wanna explore

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the importance of taking breaks

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and practicing our

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healthy eating , being hydrated , especially

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while working on a remote

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basis , and I wanna

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share with you just some of my experience

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in terms of how that has impacted

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me and my life , how I've progressed from

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being somebody who perhaps was

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veered more on the side of work

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than actually looking after my own well-being

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. So you

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all know I'm a big remote work

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advocate and I've

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experienced a transformative

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power , I guess

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, of incorporating breaks , incorporating

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healthy habits , into my work

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day . And when I first transitioned to

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remote work , as I mentioned , I struggled , maintaining

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energy and maintaining focus throughout

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the day in order to be able to get the work done

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that I needed to get done . And

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again , it wasn't until I consciously

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integrated short breaks , nutritious

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meals and staying hydrated into

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my routine that I began to experience the

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full benefits of working remotely

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. And these all have to be intentional

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practices that I would

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recommend you implement

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into your work routine and have

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helped me , as I said , stay energized

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, maintain mental

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clarity and significantly improve

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my overall well-being . So here

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are a few things that I did

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that you might wanna at

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least consider . So taking

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breaks , taking regular breaks , with times when I would just sit

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at my computer all day and do

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the work that needed to be done , not

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necessarily thinking about the quality of work . Obviously

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, I strived to do the best

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I could , but I didn't think necessarily that

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taking a break would affect

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and enhance the quality of my work . So I

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would recommend incorporating short breaks

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into your work day resting your

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eyes , stretching physical

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exercise if not walking

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, then something a bit more intensive to

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help you to work

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towards the things that you need to do during the day , and this

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can help reduce physical strain and

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improve your focus . So I touched

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on healthy eating . So I would recommend

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eating healthily , of course , in

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any event , whether you're working remotely

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or not , because if you can prioritize

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nutritious meals and snacks that provide

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sustained health and sustained energy

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fruits , for example , vegetables

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, whole grains , lean

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proteins and this can help to fuel

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you so that you're

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equipped to be able to face

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the whole day with

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the right amount of energy that you need to get through the day , and

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that's helped me . Number

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three staying hydrated . So keeping a

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bottle of water next to you or

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near to your workspace and

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aim to drink an adequate

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amount of water throughout the day to maintain

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hydration . This has

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been thought , or is thought , to impact

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your focus , because obviously , the brain is

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highly dependent on water

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, so you need to keep your body

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hydrated so that your brain is hydrated

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as well . So , eating

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mindfully this is not something that I

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necessarily do , but it's something that I've heard some

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of my colleagues talk about . So practicing mindful

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eating by savoring each bite and being

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present during meals this can

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help prevent overeating and

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improve your digestion . So

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number five on my list is wellness

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rituals . So considering

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incorporating wellness into your

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break . So , for example

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, deep breathing yoga

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, maybe something that you do during your breaks to recharge

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your energy as well . So those

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are the few points that I've learned

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. For me , the

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regular breaks something that I now incorporate

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into my work day that's really helping

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me healthy eating and

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staying hydrated those are the three things

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that perhaps are the most important to me , but

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I hope you can glean something

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and gain something from these insights and perhaps

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implement some of these things into your practice

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to improve not only your

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focus but your overall

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productivity as well . So

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I'd say thank you for listening to me

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today for today's episode of the Remote Work

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Life podcast . As ever

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, please connect with me on LinkedIn If you have any questions

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. I've left my link in the show notes , so

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until then , have a good rest

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of your day .