What’s your after-work routine?

There’s a little sailing boat on my left shoe. And it needs to sail sometimes:-)

Maximizing your after-work time

In a survey carried out by Bloomberg Business Week, six successful multi-taskers shared how they maximize their after-work time. These executives (3 men and 3 women) spoke about what they do after they finish work for the day.

More work again

Here’s a summary of what they get up to (starting with the most popular):

• Do more work! (6 out of 6)
• Eat dinner (6 out of 6)
• Exercise (5 out of 6) however half of them did it before the work in the next day
• Spend time with the kids (4 out of 6)
• Watch TV (3 out of 6)
• Cook (1 out of 6)
• Read (1 out of 6)

As you can see, yoga, meditation (or even a reading!) are obviously less popular than doing more work. Oh but wait, one man smokes cigars, which (while not the healthiest of hobbies) I guess counts as a meditation of sorts… 🙂

What about inner self?

All of this brought back what a yoga teacher once said to me: that we are constantly striving to improve our work, sports or intellectual performance but no one really takes care of their spiritual well-being. Think about it – when was the last time you worked on your inner self? But then, I’m hardly a shining example.

More money than time

The most common excuse for not taking 15 minutes a day for at least some sort of meditation is lack of time. Everyone just shakes their heads – ‘oh, I’d really like to do yoga classes but I just don’t have time’. However, for dinner or more work, we always find time. 🙂 Funny thing that – food and work is vital, but not our soul…Is it only a question of priorities?

Tired of a material

A friend of mine surprised me recently: when I asked her what she’d like for her birthday, she said she didn’t need a material present. She just wants more music in her life and she has no time to do it – a decent music collection takes time to put together.

I’d love to have a great library but again, this takes years. Nobody can just give it to me.

A gift no one can give

Feeling happy and fulfilled takes years. It’s not something you can buy, or receive as a gift. If someone promises this to you – don’t believe them. Real fulfilment takes minutes, hours and days of working on your inner world.

And it’s very worth it.

A wonderful article “Little Soul Training” written by Katie Tallo will give you an idea of how to strengthen your inner self. Enjoy!