Leave Work at the Office and Take Back Your Free Time

Leave Work at the Office and Take Back Your Free Time

Have you ever felt so stressed by work that you brought that stress home with you and got into fights with loved ones? Did you ever find yourself still worried about some work that was waiting for you back at the office?

Here you will find some effective examples that have helped me, my loved ones and my clients to make a smoother transition from work to free time. They are all helpful tips yet I do not know which ones will be your favorite so feel free to let me know.

Consider how stress can affect your work performance and how finding time for yourself actually makes your work more productive.

So with that in mind, find some time, every day to recharge your batteries at work so that you can be focused when you need to be.

Skipping meals and/or working through your lunch hour is not recommended because in the long run it makes you more stressed and your work performance can suffer.

Instead find time throughout the day to get up and walk and stretch your legs and rest your eyes. This way when you return to work you are fresher.

This Valentines' Day I got my wife, Maggie a cute and cuddly red pillow with a stuffed teddy bear attached to it. The bear is wearing a shirt that says "I Love You" and Maggie is considering taking this with her to work to relieve stress and to cheer her up during difficult work days. A cute and romantic reminder from home can make a big difference.

You can also imagine that work and your office is a certain color or symbol and home is another color or symbol. My wife uses red for work and pink for home.

You leave work and you imagine the color starting to fade from red to a different color as your hand touches the door knob of your office. By the time you reach home you should see, feel and imagine that soft pink color that symbolizes home and your free time.

To enhance this you could change clothes just as soon as you get in the doorway to home. Change out of your office clothes into something soft and pink and cuddly that can help your body and mind to relax.

You can also use music in a similar way to represent work and free time. One type of music or song can be something that gets you motivated to work and another type of music or songs can help you to relax.

So you come home from a busy day at work and you imagine that red color fading to a reddish pink color as your hand closes your office door. You go from humming or listening to that motivating music to shifting to a more relaxing and soothing sound track as you travel home. Then at your home or apartment door you shrug out of your work clothes while playing some soft and soothing music in the background and slip into something soft and pink and cuddly.

Some people shrug off their work clothes and light some candles and get a soothing bath ready to help their transition from work to their free time at home.

For people who work at home you can simply change the furniture arrangement and lighting to create a similar shift in moods.

So if you work on a computer all day at work or a home office you might want to change the angle and lighting to create more of a home mood while watching a dvd movie on that computer (or get a television and watch in a different room if you have the money and the space to do this).

Enjoy your Adventures in Trance,

By Michael Twomey

Michael Twomey is a Professional Hypnotist, Counselor and Relationship Coach who has helped many clients to improve their lives. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his beautiful, loyal, loving and talented wife, Maggie.