I apologize for my lack of posting lately!! I was on vacation the end of June and first week of July and last week was a bit crazy catching up from being gone that blogging got neglected! I’m sure as many of you know vacation is great, but it’s hard to adjust back to reality and get back into the grove of things! When you’re on vacation, everything gets disrupted, including sleep, eating, exercise, etc and by the time you adjust to being on vacation, you’re back to work! Here are some tips that help me adjust and get back on track with my wellness goals…I hope they help you as well!
1) PLAN! Take a look at your schedule and figure out when you’ll have time for exercise and have a basic (or detailed plan for you over-planners) of what you will eat for meals when you get back to reality. Take out the meat from the freezer, get groceries, and get ready for the week! Prep some of your meals such as brown up the hamburger and have it ready in the fridge or slow cook some chicken breasts so you have them ready…you can also do some batch cooking such as making up a few casseroles, soups, or BBQ meat to lessen the pressure, time, and stress of getting the meal ready after work. Think about these things like you do your job or other obligations and have a plan for them. Your health and wellness should be top priority as without health, you can’t enjoy all life as to offer!
2) Be Flexible: it’s part of life that things are going to come up or you may stay at work a bit longer than usual so don’t be too hard on yourself, getting back to the real work will take a bit of time to adjust and having a plan (from #1) will help lessen the stress and allow you to be flexible with whatever happens. I have to remind myself of this daily as I tend to like to have a plan for everything and that’s not always how life works!
3) Prioritize: You won’t be able to tackle everything you missed at work or at home in the first few hours of returning, so prioritize what needs to be done and tackle the most important things first. I apologize that the blog got put at the bottom of the list as I needed to take care of my patient care duties first! You will be hearing from me more again now that I’m back to reality! 😉
-Kelsey