How to make time for self-care at work | Sharmadean Reid

You’re never going to bring your best self to work unless you have the ability to look after that self

I have a job in a startup and work really hard from 9am-8pm, then just want to crash out on the sofa before getting up and going through it all again. How do I make time for self-care, such as the gym? At my company, no one goes to the gym during the day.

It’s a shame that your startup has subscribed to antiquated productivity views by making you work an 11-hour day. At my startup, Beautystack, I wanted to make it clear from the beginning that we wouldn’t encourage burnout culture. New hires are surprised that we work a comfortable 9-5pm or 10-6pm, depending on what you prefer, and I rarely text people outside these hours, apart from my co-founders. (If I do, I don’t expect them to reply.)

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