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#Fakecommute: A Ritual for Work-Life Balance When You #WFH

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If we learned anything during 2020, work-life balance is much harder when working from home. For me, it is valuable as a ritual that helps me shut off my work brain and creates a boundary between me and overworking. . Create a conscious shift from work to life and life to work. Your mind and body need these boundaries.

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Overcoming Screen Fatigue: A Nonprofit Hub Guide

NonProfit Hub

Due to the global pandemic, “office life” is now seen as a fond memory, and our daily commute is a total of one minute ? Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation. Give yourself brain breaks. or as long as it takes to walk from your bed to your desk. Why are video calls so draining?

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Try Exercise Snacking for Improving #WFH Mental Health

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In addition to the mental health benefits of improving your mood, moving your body also brings blood to the brain that helps you think more clearly and boosts personal productivity. A sedentary lifestyle is linked to slow metabolism, poor blood sugar control, and a decrease in the body’s ability to effectively break down fat.

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9 Tips for Working Remotely

Whole Whale

We even have fun channels like “Travel” and “Music” where employees can post non-work related content. We put BOCs on the calendar about once a month and talk about anything new in our lives like things going on with our families, our workout routines, new music we love, an awesome movie we saw, etc. Work in Sprints.

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How Nonprofit New Media Managers Can Manage Mobile and Social Media Burnout

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The brain needs a break from the barrage and needs to reset itself to normal operating mode. Your evenings and weekends should be reserved for your personal life. Separating your personal life from work responsibilities is critical to maintaining a healthy balance. Be sure to stretch and walk throughout your day.

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Wisdom 2.0: Balance in A Hyper Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks. Everyone in the tribe meets with that person to tell them of all the good deeds they’ve done in there life as a part of several days of celebration.

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Martha Beck Interview: Finding Your Way in a Wild New World

Have Fun - Do Good

When I signed up for her mailing list in the fall of 2010, I received a PDF of the first chapter of her book-in-progress with the working title, The Team: How to Live an Abundant Life by Healing Yourself and the World. All of us, at some level, can say that our life is our message. I'm on the Team. I bet you are too.