We have a wellness program at my office. I logged in this morning to find out what the challenge is, and I found this:
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Why it matters
Hobbies allow you to work on an activity or project that you enjoy — and create some "me time" in the process. You might choose an outdoor activity like rock climbing, mountain biking, or orienteering — or something low-key like knitting, painting, or building miniature models.
The simple act of focusing on a hobby helps you to switch off your everyday thoughts and do something purely for the joy of it. There are also health benefits related to having hobbies, including:
Tips
For the next 7 days, track spending time on a hobby and focus on the positive emotions that your "me time" brings. .
All I have to do i splay with trains for an hour a day, and I get 500 wellness points! Finally, a wellness program I can achieve!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190All I have to do i is play with trains for an hour a day, and I get 500 wellness points!
I presume not in company time, though!!!
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I have found that sitting in a comfortable chair and lifting a 10 pound potato sack with each arm is very good. In a couple weeks I'll start adding potatoes to the sacks...
My wife is from England and she told me research has proven that the act of making tea reduces stress and blood pressure.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
SeeYou190The simple act of focusing on a hobby helps you to switch off your everyday thoughts and do something purely for the joy of it. There are also health benefits related to having hobbies, including: Lower blood pressure Positive state of mind and "eustress" (positive stress) Lower levels of depression Increased social connections
During my 35 years as an aircraft inspector for a major airline I discovered that ANY TIME spent away from that mess was relaxing and eased my tensions..............going into the train room was always better no matter what problems developed there.
Now having retired to a 20 acre farm with all the many issues that pop up daily I still find that being away from those people and nasty machines is a joy and pleasure to my mind.
I believe my modeling time is very relaxing and my blood pressure is back to normal now. I'm sure that's due to lack of time clocks, Stupidvisors and aluminum beasts.
Roger Huber
Deer Creek Locomotive Works
With my office at home (and if I'm working at home, I go to my clients, my clients don't come to me), I just go into the 'ol train room, switch the layout on and run trains for a little while. That gets me away from it and clears my mind. I spend 2 to 3 nights a week workin' on the railroad too. Also, on my office days, I'll occasionally go into the train room and get something done on a project at my work bench on my lunch break.
I had to change doctors five times until I found one that perscriped more Model Roadroading to cure my ills.
chutton01I'm confused - how does intermitten solder joint connections, blobby air brush patterns, dropping rolling stock on the floor, cement oozing out where you don't want it, snapped off #78 drill bits, or small detail parts springing out into the nether fit in with this?
Maybe that is what they mean by the "Positive Stress" in the description.
I don't know about that term. It sounds lke Orwellian Newspeak to me.
Nothing Orwellian to me. Not all stress is negative and you've got to have a term to set it apart. Like when they had to coin "good cholesterol" because they figured out there was more than one kind.
Carolina Northern I had to change doctors five times until I found one that perscriped more Model Roadroading to cure my ills.
You can go to multiple Doctors and if each one prescribes an hour a day, you are off to the races. Five Doctors equals five hours.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
SeeYou190Hobbies allow you to work on an activity or project that you enjoy...knitting, painting, or building miniature models.
True according to psychology classes I have taken. While sometimes trying to flawlessly glue miniature parts together can be frustrating in general it is a nice distraction from your normal job stress. Doing these type activities are very beneficial because when they are completed they give you a sense of accomplishment. Think about a post office employee and how frustration that job is to someone who is goal oriented. The mail never stops coming. Hence employees go postal. I used to do construction and you can always see the progress of the work you are doing and you get a big sense of accomplishment when you are finished. Then I had a temporary job in a factory that made plastic lids used for soft drinks at fast food restaurants, and food trays for frozen foods. Those machines ran 24/7 and constantly spit out product to be bagged and boxed just like a crazy episode of Lucy. You never got a sense of accomplishment. You job was never done, just someone else stepped in to give you a break for 16 hours. I only lasted 2 weeks before I quit. In the early days of NASA, management made the employees paint their houses every few months so that they could feel like they got something accomplished because the early days of the space program were very frustrating.