If you're still stuck in the office and your brain is too foggy to be productive this deep into 2015, then this is exactly what you need to hear right now.
As the clock counts down to the Day of Reconciliation, and then Christmas Day, Boxing Day and (yay!) New Year’s Day the holidays are probably all you can think about. Whether or not you have secured some leave days for this festive season, it may feel like you’re operating in slow-mo and struggling to concentrate on the tasks at hand.
After 11 months of hard work and trying hard to maintain a healthy balance between your professional and personal life, now all you wish for is fewer professional responsibilities and a lot more personal time.
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In addition to the lack of concentration experienced by you and your colleagues (and yes, this includes your manager too) as the year draws to a close, there are many other symptoms associated with the so-called ‘year-end fatigue syndrome,’ including:
• grumpiness
• stress
• anxiety
• distraction
• confusion
• laziness
• exhaustion
• short tempers
• et cetera et cetera (can the holiday please begin already?)
If you, too, feel like you can barely live through another afternoon of reports instead of a long nap on the beach, endless PowerPoint presentations instead of a marathon series watching session, and meet & greets with clients instead of a bubble bath & champagne, you’re certainly not alone.
So instead of the usual sensible advice, with handy tips and useful quick lists to help you out of the slump, Careers24 offers you this:
It’s okay. Embrace it. It’s almost over. There’s nothing wrong with waiting for January to implement your ‘New Year, New Me’ resolutions.
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Unless you really, really, want to be a show off and annoy your colleagues by being the only one without a life and actually producing decent work, then best you read another productivity article (or two) to get your vooma back...
Season’s Greetings from the Careers24 Advice Team!
