The Importance Of Raising Me-Time Time Every Day For Office Workers

JAKARTA - adult clinical psychologist Nirmala Ika Kusumaningrum, M.Psi., Psychologists recommend that workers keep taking time for themselves so that the balance between personal life and work-life balance can be realized.

Nirmala said a person's personal life and work must be balanced. That way, physical, mental, and emotional fatigue or burnout can at least be avoided.

"Start practicing, at least in one day you have time for yourself. If you're busy, start with 30 minutes, if you can be grateful for an hour. But, it's routinely done. It becomes a habit that someone must have time for themselves," said the psychologist who graduated from the University of Indonesia (UI) as quoted by ANTARA.

He said each individual has a different way of balancing his life. However, it must start by recognizing yourself first. Workers are advised to take holidays within a week. If it is not possible because of job demands, Nirmala recommends at least taking time for yourself at least 30 minutes a day and doing it regularly.

Time for yourself is not interpreted as an opportunity to sleep. According to Nirmala, time for yourself means doing light activities that are liked that are not related to work.

Or just sitting around, gong. Give yourself the opportunity to enjoy the gong and don't do anything, but you enjoy it. Or someone really has to move, you can use that time for regular exercise to become a new habit," he said.

Similarly, clinical psychologist who graduated from the University of Indonesia (UI) Muthmainah Mufidah, M.Psi., Psychologists underlined the importance of recognizing self-needs first to realize balance in personal life and work.

"Recognizing personal needs, if the agency has given signals to rest, then listen to them, and do self-care regularly," he said in a written statement.

Nirmala added that some people still have difficulty taking time for themselves on the grounds that there are many workloads so that time has run out. In fact, it could be that the problem is not lies in the workload but in the burden of the individual's mind.

"Many of us are more unable to see the gap, why? Because it's actually not a busy job, sometimes it's already crowded with himself. It's crowded with his mind, 'I should be like that'. So he doesn't have time, all the time has to be dedicated to one thing," he said.

According to Nirmala, people usually grow with the view that success will come if someone works hard, doesn't even know the time. This view is wrong, he added. He emphasized, not hard work but smart work or smart work. Work smartly means being able to manage the workload to be more effective and efficient. Workers are advised to only focus on things that really need to be done according to their responsibilities and portions.

"I agree that we really have to work smart, we don't have to work that hard, it's like we don't know the time. We can manage it. When we talk about smart work, yes, we have to be able to manage it and balance that life," said Nirmala.