How Do You Practice Self Care?

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Ashley's research suggests small, simple changes around the margins. Do small things every day. Doesn't have to be when things get hard think about quitting your job. And i study time, money and happiness, and how it's so important to pirtise time and quality time with people you care. My partner of ten years left me because he didn't think that there was any space in a new life here for him.

Are you exhausted? We are. Between the long hours working from home during a pandemic, the mental load of worrying about the outcome of the election, and the lack of sleep that all of this has brought on, it’s no wonder that we’re tired and stressed.

Emotional exhaustion, as workplace well-being expert Mandy O’Neil explains, is one sign of burnout. She shares antidotes and ways to protect ourselves from experiencing it in the first place. Not having enough time for the people and things you care about can cause burnout. Happiness researcher Ashley Whillans gives us advice on how to find and protect that time.

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