“Wellness” in its true sense isn’t about being perfect;
rather it is about nourishing your body as well as your spirit. It is known to
us that attachment to unhealthy people and bad habits leads to loss of balance
and control of one’s life.
A Lawyer is one such professional who has an
extra-ordinarily complicated and busy lifestyle. The court dates and the client
meetings along with a million other responsibilities which come along with the
job are expected to be met with efficiently and on time. Tackling such an
amount of work is not for the faint-hearted.
Studies show that lawyers lead a kind of lifestyle in
which they are not healthy, they are not happy, or they feel like they are on a
one way track to ill health, unhappiness and lack of fulfillment in life. Why
is it so? Maybe because when we practice law, we tell ourselves that having a
successful career would mean sacrificing that health and happiness in our
lives. This kind of thinking would definitely hike up the stress level even
more.
Unrealistic deadlines by clients
Clients are always setting unrealistic deadlines upon
their lawyers to get any work done. Sometimes the associates of a law firm are
made to work overnight in order to meet a deadline. But what we forget to
consider is the level of productivity, which drastically decreases with each
passing hour. A person is bound to make serious mistakes in his work if he is
made to work for more than 8 hours a day, let alone 15-20 hours.
Multi-tasking
Multitasking can seem like an advantage, especially in
the business world, but constantly performing several tasks at once can lead to
a drop in productivity. The bad effects of multitasking take their toll by not
allowing you to recover from excessive stimulation that bombards you on a daily
basis. Be aware of the negative side effects of trying to accomplish too much
at once, and complete one task at a time to regain control over your
responsibilities. The bad effects of multitasking for a lawyer can take their
toll on your life and livelihood. Last thing we need in our hectic lives is to
make things more complicated and more difficult to attempt 10 tasks at a time.
Yoga
Stress cannot be dissolved without any solution.
Meditation can be a helping hand to eradicate stress. It makes one feel more
energetic and enthusiastic which in turn helps deliver better quality of work.
The best part of yoga is it keeps your mind body healthy. Be it an athlete or a
businessman or a lawyer, a fit mind and body is needed to sustain a happy life.
In a world where time stops for no one, where medication
is needed to escape stress, a lawyer’s job is to put people at ease and to
bring a solution to their problems using their skills. Owing to that, the
lawyer must be the last person to fall in the clutches of stress and medications.
Yoga is one of the best ways to remedy stress every lawyer should adopt to be
stress free. Even closing one’s eyes for 10 minutes or so can drastically
improve one’s immunity and inner senses, thereby help the individual feel the
contentment in life (if only for those 10 minutes).
Breaks.
Taking frequent and short breaks can actually make you
more productive. Lawyers are dealt with work load which at best can be
described as humungous and sometimes, even the effect of getting up and
stretching your body for 2 minutes will eradicate at least 30% of the stress. Positive
vibes are essential to be present at any workplace. The aura that surrounds any
individual is depicted by the way they communicate not only with their clients,
but also with their colleagues and their boss. Communication about some things
non-work related can bring out the real you and make you feel more comfortable.
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