Let's stipulate that you can't get to the south of France or a mountaintop in Peru this year. Aside from financial concerns, time constraints would be, as the line goes, prohibitive. Nonetheless, you need to recharge in order to keep those fresh perspectives coming and to maintain some basic sanity.
How do you do it?
Here are some techniques I've used or have heard about from friends. Feel free to add to the list.
- Slow down your pace. Savor the small actions. Focus on doing minor tasks well.
- Meditate. Take 15 minutes and clear your mind.
- Take daily naps. Nothing lengthy. Even 10 minutes will help.
- Reduce any extraneous negative influences, such as television. Make sure that your reading material is not negative.
- Redo your office area. Move your desk. Bring in some new art.
- Periodically get out of the office. Find a hide-away where you can collect your thoughts without being disturbed.
- Check your diet to see if it is adversely affecting your mood.
- Exercise more. A little is better than none.
- Do something every day to help someone.
- Read some fiction that will stimulate your imagination. Try some science fiction or delve into fantasy works.
- Read travel essays. If you can't visit China or Africa, read an account by someone who has.
- Touch base with a mentor or an old friend who has been neglected.
- Play Sherlock Holmes and observe more. Listen for speech patterns. Watch body language and clothing. Try to notice details, such as tree and car types, that you often ignore.
- Pick one of your dreams and jot down an action plan to achieve it.
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