Wellbeing – disconnecting and recharging
Suppose you keep interrupting your evening to check and respond to emails or put aside a few hours over the weekend to catch up on an approaching deadline. You may think you are more productive because you are putting in many more work hours than your colleagues.
The truth is that you are robbing your directed attention centers of the uninterrupted rest they need for restoration, which inevitably results in low performance in the long run. Even if this habit of being always online/available consumes only a small amount of time, it prevents you from reaching more profound levels of relaxation/restoration:
Figure 3.6 – The MyAnalytics Wellbeing dashboard
In summary, if you are feeling tired, look at the MyAnalytics Wellbeing dashboard (Figure 3.6). It is likely that you will find the root cause of your problems there, as I discovered myself. The more interruptions you have to your quiet hours, the less...
