Who remembers having a stress ball? Or, you might have one on your desk.
I remember having a few, collected from various fairs, conferences and instead of squeezing it I often use to play catch with it, bouncing it against the wall.
I was thinking about quick wins, and this was the first thing that popped into my head. I'd often ping the ball about after a call or while I was working something out in my head. It was a great little distraction – I could switch off for a few minutes and then re-focus on the next task.
Why am I sharing this? Well, I have been creating a list of quick wins, ways to de-stress, re-focus after a call and my list includes the following
- Walk about, stretch, a few yoga poses, five-star jumps
- Peel an orange, citrus fruit – a healthy snack and the orangery smell can be revitalising
- Watch a gif, meme, something funny, without going into the rabbit hole that is youtube
- Write down how you feel.
- Chat to someone
- Have a hot drink – the idea being it takes ten minutes, by the time you make the drink and its cool enough to consume.
- Tackle wordle, suduko, crossword
- Stare out into the garden or street – consider it your neighbourhood watch duty
- Squeeze a stress ball
What have I missed? What do you do as a quick win?