Is it normal to have unproductive work days?

Here’s a quick look at different timeframes and why un-productivity can stretch out: Days. As we mentioned, 1-2 unproductive days per month is pretty normal. In an average week, it’s possible to have 3-4 excellent days followed by 1-2 average ones.

What to do when you are feeling unproductive?

10 Things to Do When You’re Feeling Unproductive

1. Take a break.
2. Get outside.
3. Take a shower.
4. Turn off your phone.
5. Put on a playlist.
6. Check off the to-do list tasks that take less than two minutes to complete.
7. Get moving.
8. Set up your environment to make you feel better.

How do you forgive yourself for being unproductive?

If you’re feeling guilty about not being productive, these six tips might help:

1. Move beyond comparing and competing.
2. Recognize process over endpoint.
3. Remind yourself that “wasting time” also is productive.
4. Confront your guilt.
5. Challenge the idea that not being productive makes you worthless.

How do you spend your rest days?

If you feel cooped up or bored, take a walk outside—and keep it slow and steady. Ideally, your rest days are spent in a full state of rest—think, binge-watching TV. So do try to fill your time with relaxing activities like meditating, reading, or even sleeping. You’re replacing rest days with low-impact exercises.

What should you do on rest days after exercise?

While rest days after exercise may sometimes involve actually catching up on some rest, it can also mean you just go about your day as usual. In fact, active rest is what’s best for your body. If you have the day off, you might want to go for a walk with a friend, do some yard work or spend some time on your feet cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

What happens to your body when you don’t take a rest day?

6 Things That Happen To Your Body When You Don’t Take a Rest Day 1 You Become Irritable, Moody and Crabby. 2 You Get Injured. 3 Your Endocrine System Fatigues. 4 Your Sleep Suffers. 5 Your Immune System is Compromised. 6 Your Performance Suffers.

How do you replace rest days with low-impact exercises?

So do try to fill your time with relaxing activities like meditating, reading, or even sleeping. You’re replacing rest days with low-impact exercises. Even if the majority (or all) of the exercises you perform are low intensity, you still need a rest day now and then.