May 21, 2020 – Working from Home & Self-Care

Issues

• Working too much
• Bad Habits
• Feeling guilty
• Having a focused and dedicated work space
• Feeling isolated
• Lack of personal touch
• Motivation when you’re not having same impact on kids
• Worry about continuing to be relevant
• Anxiety about the pandemic in general

Solutions

• Escape work with virtual reality video game
• Take a break and go outside or to a different place than your workspace for lunch
• Get ready for work in the morning and walk around the block before you start your day to feel like you are starting work
• Give yourself grace – it is okay to feel uncomfortable, it is okay to feel guilty, it is okay to get less accomplished…
• Break up your day
• Get families involved in the solution (ex: child making a sign for parent’s office door on when it’s OK to interrupt and when it’s not)
• Habit stacking – LINK
• Provide counseling sessions for staff
• Turn off the news / social media
• Ask yourself, “What can I control today?”
• Eat fewer donuts
• Eat more donuts

Resources Discussed and Shared:

• Different Types of Zoomers Video – LINK (There’s also a Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4!)
  
  
• Hide your own video during Zoom calls – LINK
  
• Work Life Podcast – Adam Grant, PhD – Great discussion about Challenges of Virtual Teams – LINK
  
• MENTOR Colorado Free Consulting (Technical Assistance): https://comentoring.org/program-resources/technical-assistance/