The eight major "stealing leisure" methods for white-collar high-pressure workers

Recently, news such as celebrities suffering from overwork and serious illness, and white-collar elites dying suddenly have often appeared in the media, while professional managers,"flying people" and other high-pressure people must face tremendous pressure to survive. In fact, as long as you pay attention to taking time off while busy, you can not only release stress and relieve tension, but also make the next work more efficient. This issue of Health Weekly specially invited experts to review the eight major "stealing leisure" methods for high-pressure people such as "flying people".

"Flying trapeze" is well maintained

Mr. Jin, who serves as a sales director in a foreign company, can be said to be a "flying man". He always goes on business two or three times, seven days a week. But he always uses the time he goes to hotels and venues to maintain them at any time on the plane and on the road. Therefore, Mr. Jin, who is over 40 years old, is full of energy and quick thinking.

Stretch out one palm and stretch out your fingers as much as possible. This action is suitable for passengers on long-haul flights. Flying for more than 10 hours makes you particularly tired. Pressure from high altitude, narrow spaces and chairs that cannot be rotated can cause pressure. Doing more of this action can relieve pressure. In addition, massage frequently to relax yourself and relieve stress. For example: Touch your heart with your right hand, place your left hand on your stomach, feel your heartbeat and breathing, and slowly relax your pressure. This method is very easy to use. You can do it when you are idle and bored when you are flying or in a car.

Computer people massage eye and ear acupoints

More and more jobs have to deal with computers, and operating computers for a long time can easily cause eye strain. Zhu Dingcheng, director of the Massage Department of Huadong Hospital, said that when you are taking time off, you can take time to massage the nerves around your eyes and massage the eyebrow bones in the direction where the eyebrows grow. You can also rub the palms of your hands hot and bend them into cups and place them on your eyes., relieve eye fatigue.

In addition, ear massage is also a good choice. People's ears are full of acupuncture points. If you do more ear acupuncture points massage, you can reduce pressure. The area close to the earlobe is related to the head. You can usually massage the area from the cochlea to the earlobe more to help relieve stress. When you are in a bad mood and want to get angry, you can also pinch your ears quickly to help reduce the anger.

Naps and naps can reduce stress

In order to boost spirit, many choose coffee and cola as office "companions". In fact, taking a nap in the afternoon is more effective than drinking coffee or cola, and it is also healthy. Especially in summer, when the temperature is high, white-collar workers generally feel tired and depressed after a morning of intense work. If you can take a proper nap after lunch and adjust your body in time, it will be very beneficial to your health.

Zhang Zhirong, the outpatient office of the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, reminded that taking a nap also pays attention to methods. If the method is not used properly, it will not only fail to relieve fatigue, but will also have a negative impact. A healthy nap is generally the most appropriate time of 15 to 30 minutes. If it exceeds 30 minutes, the body will enter a deep sleep period where it is difficult to wake up, which may easily disrupt the physiological clock and affect normal night sleep. Due to limited conditions, white-collar office workers sit or lie on the edge of the table to take a nap, which is detrimental to their health for a long time. Lying on the edge of the table and taking a nap will compress your chest, affect your breathing, make your arms numb, and fail to rest your body. For mental workers, nap is necessary.

Squeeze time to do some "chores" and feel good

Mr. Chen is the sales director of a well-known pharmaceutical company. He not only organizes department managers to meet every day to discuss sales plans and formulate target plans, but also goes out for meetings. The day is full. But he said that a good way to take some time off while busy is to occasionally do some "chores" in his spare time to relax and adjust his mood, which will be conducive to the next intensive work.

For example: Bring your own coffee maker in the office and make your own cup of coffee during the break between meetings; use this time to water and change the water on the small potted plant on the table; or take a nap, even if it's only for 10 minutes. In short, deliberately "squeeze" some time out to do some "miscellaneous" things. It seems that although it will delay a few minutes, it will actually make the subsequent work more efficient.

For female white-collar workers, they can also deliberately squeeze in 2 or 3 minutes during the "full schedule" trip to go to the dressing room to apply makeup, go to the bathroom, and wash their face, all of which can have unexpected relaxing effects.

In addition, it is also important to keep the work environment clean and tidy. Before getting off work every day, I tidy up my desk, and when I go to work the next day, I naturally feel good.

Don't forget to take a bath and exercise for those traveling on business

After a hard day's work, it's best to go home and take a hot bath first. For the "flying trapeze" who often goes out on business, in addition to talking business and running sales, they can also take a break back to the hotel room to take a bath in the hotel room or go to the hotel for swimming and fitness exercises when they return to hotels or hotels.

Bathing helps restore physical strength. It not only removes sweat and dirt from the body and makes pores and sweat glands unblocked, but also enhances blood circulation, regulates the nervous system, and effectively relieves physical and mental fatigue. If you feel swollen, you can also drop 6 drops of lemon essential oil in the bath, or massage with bamboo salt powder or matte cream that detoxifies and reduces swelling to easily enjoy the SPA.

But experts warn that the most suitable temperature for a bath is 28 to 35 degrees Celsius. For people with diabetes or heart disease, don't take a hot bath for too long in winter. Because they are insensitive to temperature and are prone to burns. In addition, taking a cold shower should not be intermittent, as it will be very damaging to the heart.

Cooking and visiting the supermarket can relieve stress

Professional managers are usually under a lot of pressure, but it is also a rare enjoyment if they can take time to change their lifestyle, such as cooking a meal in person when they are busy. Especially when there is a lot of pressure or when there are many questions to think about in the mind, this can not only relieve the pressure well, but also make the brain's thinking clearer.

No matter how busy you are, your home is always your home. A professional manager said: "Only through rough food can you experience the taste of life. So, I like to go to the supermarket after work. Although the environment was a bit crowded and noisy, it quickly allowed me to transition from a professional manager to the role of an ordinary person and find the joy of living in the streets and alleys of the city. Making dinner for my family in person is, in my opinion, a good way to relieve stress, embellish life, and touch family ties."

For this reason, it is okay to go to the supermarket, take care of the children, or go to the kitchen. Everyone can choose their own lifestyle, and being able to take time off from busy work is the best way to relieve stress.

Self-hypnosis relaxes mental decomposition stress

Use words, imagination or "self-hypnosis" to achieve self-relaxation. Xia Donghao, chief hypnotist of the Shanghai Xinchao Psychological Consulting Center, said that when you are busy, nervous, and dizzy, imagine yourself "sitting on a green grass under the blue sky and white clouds", or "I am comfortably soaking in the bathtub, listening to beautiful light music." Relaxing and taking a rest in a short period of time will give you a spiritual rest and feel calm, tranquility and peace.

In addition, you can also use the "branch solution" to list all the pressures in your life. One, two, three, four... Once you write it out, you will be surprised to find that as long as you "break it one by one", these so-called pressures can be gradually resolved.

Before going to bed, spend a few minutes doing an easy-to-learn "self-relaxation technique" in bed. Lie on your back on the bed, relax your belt, take deep and slow abdominal breathing, and recite the word "relax" silently to relax the muscles of your limbs, shoulders, and head and neck for about 10 to 20 minutes.

Practicing yoga can cultivate one's soul

For women, in addition to work, in their family and life, they also bear more pressure than men. In their spare time, women do yoga, which is a good way to cultivate their own moral character.

Doing yoga can not only eliminate worries and calm your mind, but also maintain a normal posture and stimulate endocrine. In particular, there are many movements in yoga that we don't usually do. Trying more can prevent the body from aging.

In some basic movements of yoga, for example: people stand upright, hold their hands behind their heads, bend their waist as much as possible to the left, then bend to the right, and try to keep the upper body still; while the left hand holds the right hand, try to move to the left, and then hold the left hand with the right hand, try to turn right, and do it alternately to stretch your muscles and bones.

In addition, handstands in yoga are also a typical example. People are constantly pulled downward by gravity, and often stand upside down can cause blood circulation and body secretions to go in reverse. (Internship Editor: Wu Jinyu)