All work? No! Play!

Are you replicating your office & your child's classroom at home? Don't.

Yes you need to function in a certain way - but instead of risking it becoming a 'Dilbert' moment, how about creating an environment where you can .... PLAY, earn, create and learn....?

This morning I made decisions around where best to work at home - depending on what the sun is doing, and whether I want to track it, or hide from it.

How about looking at where you work - and whether it's working for you now that you're there daily, and not ad hoc as most were before lockdown?

Get up and jump around every now and then - with music you love on.

And make an appointment with yourself, and anyone else you're locked down with, to create. It could be

Invent a game - a new version of hide & seek?

Play a game - hopscotch?

Draw - even if you think you're rubbish.

Make a big deal out of snack breaks - with glorious colour & much fanfare for the simplest of morsels.

The UK's first professor of play has a few things to say too... link to article in first post. Read - especially if you have children.

What are you going to do/ doing to have more play in your life?

#FunAtHome #AllWork ?! No. #Play :)

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  1. Nima

    https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/apr/21/dont-turn-your-home-into-school-lego-prof-of-play-on-lockdown-learning

  2. Nixia Silfia

    Czytając o Twoim podejściu do pracy i zabawy w domu, pomyślałem, że ja też potrzebuję takich krótkich momentów resetu w ciągu dnia. Ostatnio, zamiast bezmyślnie scrollować, włączam sobie na chwilę https://corgi-bet.com.pl bo szybkie gry i bonusy dla graczy z Polski pozwalają mi na krótką przerwę bez wychodzenia z rytmu. Najlepiej sprawdzają się u mnie proste sloty, które nie wymagają myślenia, tylko pozwalają oderwać się na parę minut. Taki „mikro-playtime” naprawdę pomaga wrócić do pracy z lepszą energią.

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