Wellbeing - 2 Minute Tips. By author, Matt Everatt FOTA

WELLBEING -

2 MINUTE TIPS

By Matt Everatt F.O.T.A

How’s the work-life balance, is it a

healthy one?

l A huge issue I see with Dental Technicians and Laboratory owners is that they do not have a healthy work-life balance. Particularly at this time of year, Dental Techs are often pushed to meet crazy deadlines and high volumes of work, running around not having time to unwind.

If you’re like me, I find it particularly difficult to set myself time to unwind and don’t plan to take days off, particularly when it is really busy. The key to this is to put time aside in your diary. Block out a day, put it in your diary to have a ‘Night of Netflix’ or take a morning off to treat you and your partner/friend to brunch.

Put a Christmas shopping day in the diary, if you begrudgingly rush out to grab a few last minute Christmas present in haste, you’ll be stressed out, it won’t be a nice experience. This is a tip I learnt from my wife, her efficient way of making sure things like this happen, “put it in the diary, then you’ve committed to it!” It really works, although I definitely need to get better at this, I am working on it!

You may be thinking that while you aren't working it means the business isn't being productive, in actual fact, taking time off enables you to clear your head, step back from the coalface, it is a great platform to conjure up new ideas and return to work feeling revived, refreshed and ready to go.

If you never stop and are constantly busy, you never give yourself chance to think of new ideas or to reflect on how things could be improved.

Give yourself the opportunity to have a few hours off every now and then, it will reap dividends for your own wellbeing and your colleagues, business partners, wife, husband, son, daughter, cat or dog will thank you for it too.

Having a healthy Work-Life balance is so important to you and all others around you.