Tag: coping

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to pause your work every hour and stand up to stretch.

I don’t get into the zone too often, but when I do I’m glad. However, I do bundle together tasks and try to get a number of related items done at once. Switching tasks seems like a good time to pause and stretch, but I don’t do that enough.

I’m making it a point to do better today. Hopefully from now on, but for today. When I switch tasks today, I’m standing up to do a few yoga stretches and deep breathing. As a backup, I’m setting a repeating 60 minute timer on my desktop to remind me.

That won’t work past today, as it will get annoying, but for a day, it might help me to think about this more often.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to make sleep a priority tonight.

I need more sleep. It’s been a long weekend and I’ve been running hard for quite a few days before today. It was fun, but I’m worn out.

It’s Sunday night. I need some rest before the week, and so I’m making it a point to go to sleep early. I’ll spend a little time with my wife, and then read a bit. She tends to want to watch some TV to unwind, but that typically doesn’t bother me, and after 20-30 minutes of reading, I can roll over and go to sleep.

My aim is to call it a day by 930p, or 1000p at the latest. Hopefully I make my goal.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to explore the local area today, seeing something new.

This is easier for me. I’m actually on holiday today, in downtown Denver to coach a volleyball tournament. I’m at a familiar hotel, and a place I’ve been before, but downtown changes, and businesses come and go.

There is a sculpture garden behind the performing arts center, and I’m going to go early and take a little time to walk around and see what’s there.  I’ve never been , so it will be a neat experience, checking out something new before heading inside and spending most of the afternoon and evening in a mask.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to move a bit more today, even if you’re stuck inside.

I’m not stuck inside, though the weather is bad. In fact, it’s been a strange week. It was 75ish at the start of last weekend, and I cut the front lawn on Saturday, but it started to rain, so I didn’t get the back done. By Monday, it was 38F and it snowed that night.

As I type this, it’s chilly, a little windy, and somewhat miserable outside. No movement with a lawnmower or really anything outside. Instead, I’ve worked at my desk most of the day.

However, I read this tip and tried to move a bit. I used a smaller glass for water and got up to fill it multiple times. In fact, each time it was close to empty, I’d finish it and refill it.

I took a break in the middle of the day to do some yoga.

It wasn’t a big day. I only ended up with about 4200 steps, but for a day when I never went outside, I was pleased.