5 top tips from Sage for improving your mental and physical well-being as a business owner
Running your own business can be stressful, especially given South Africa’s unique economic conditions.
This can lead to physical and mental strain on you as a business owners, which can quickly spill over into your personal life.
This is true for female business owners in particular, as was highlighted throughout Women’s Month. Female business owners often have the seemingly impossible job of balancing their business, family, and personal lives.
Sage is committed to supporting small business owners and has compiled a list of five useful tips for keeping mentally, physically, and emotionally healthy while running your business.
1. Avoid stagnation
If you’ve been working on the same tasks for a long period, there’s a risk of your work life becoming stale – leading to a lack of motivation and focus.
Reviewing your professional goals, embracing new ideas, and assessing your work practices for areas of improvement are all excellent ways to resolve this issue.
2. Plan your wellness
The best way to reduce the impact of stress is to avoid it wherever possible.
By creating measurable health goals for yourself and developing a manageable wellness strategy, you will find it much easier to avoid an emotional tipping point.
3. Pay attention to your physical health
Paying more attention to your physical health is key, as regular exercise will reduce your stress levels and make you feel better emotionally.
Physical health is not limited to exercise sessions. You should also avoid long periods of inactivity at work by taking breaks to stretch your legs.
4. Don’t ignore your mental health challenges
Mental health issues can manifest in various ways, including sleeping troubles, bad eating habits, short tempers, difficulty focusing, and consistently feeling anxious.
The first step to dealing with this is acknowledging something is wrong.
You can then take steps to resolve the issue by seeking therapy, making lifestyle changes, and taking up meditation and calming exercises.
5. Manage time effectively
Effective time management is essential for avoiding stress, as dedicating too much time to work will degrade your emotional well-being.
Creating a more balanced schedule that includes work and time to relax and unwind will substantially reduce stress levels.
With modern technology boasting various calendar apps, note-taking capabilities, and other time-keeping features, setting up a good work schedule has never been easier.
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