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We are going to the Gym, escaping the Zoo, are you journeying too?
Pausing and reflecting is always a good way of assessing your own personal Wellbeing. The start of a new business or becoming self-employed is potentially a very stressful occasion. So pausing and reflecting.
On Monday I blogged about a personal target of making sure I attended a gym on a regular basis. This is incredibly important from the point of view arranging your work/homelife balance when working as a home-based worker and business person.
Reflecting on the week is usually a Friday experience. However, a trojan horse virus on Monday, the first ever that had managed to get past my Firewalls and McAfee programmes. The holes in Microsoft Windows were apparent. Couple this event with BT having an upgrade on Monday night and no broadband until Wednesday morning I could have been in a position of not having an IT using business after only 3 days.
Luckily I have the skills myself to be able to allow business continuity so had back ups of data and alternative strategies of working via the cloud. Thursday morning and I am just cleaning off the last Trojan off the main system. The diversified (almost a farming term here) systems were able to cope although at points my own coping systems were running at almost 100% capacity. Having a good work life balance allows the capacity to cope remain greater than the demand caused .
So planning ahead to arrive safely at Saturday Evening is a good exercise considering the bouncers that have already been bowled. I can cope with these on the Cricket field having opened the batting and kept wicket for a number of sides when I was younger. Sport is definitely a good training for life as I am constantly being reminded.
The gym that I had my induction in on Monday has a very simple system where they encourage the exerciser to be their own personal trainer. The roll back of the general nanny state attitude that pervades British Society? Maybe. A simple colour chart on the wall matched to general time based workout cards educate you to judge what your body is telling you about your physical state while exercising. Inductions to gym where the trainer takes you the edge of your pain envelope have been the norm, but this would appear to not be necessary. Eight o'clock is a good time for me today to take a break and go to the gym,
On the dipity calendar you will see one event I am attending next week that fits very well with some of the IT experiences, This event is being run by Menta and Business Continuity experts. I am always willing to listen to others just in case I have missed the Elephant in the room.So planning ahead to arrive safely at Saturday Evening is a good exercise considering the bouncers hat have already been bowled. I can cope with these on the Cricket field having opened the batting and kept wicket for a number of sides when I was younger. Sport is definitely a good training for life as I am constantly being reminded.
On the dipity timeline you will see one event I am attending next week that fits very well with some of the IT experiences. This event is being run by Menta and Business Continuity experts. I am always willing to listen to others just in case I have missed the Elephant in the room.
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