{"id":20498,"date":"2019-11-05T11:01:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T11:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/?p=20498"},"modified":"2019-11-05T11:01:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T11:01:41","slug":"hobbies-work-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/hobbies-work-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Performance Strengthened by Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-fullwidth-1  fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-style: solid;border-top-style: solid;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:20px;padding-left:;padding-right:;\"><style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">.fusion-fullwidth-1 {\r\n                            padding-left: px !important;\r\n                            padding-right: px !important;\r\n                        }<\/style><div class=\"fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-center fusion-title-size-one\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#c5acbe;\"><\/div><\/div><h1 class=\"title-heading-center\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #c5acbe;\">How Can Hobbies Impact Life and Work?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#c5acbe;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Achieving a healthy\u00a0<strong>work-life balance<\/strong>\u00a0is a goal for everyone; it leads to better physical and mental health. But what exactly is work-life balance? It is the ideal harmony between work, family, hobbies, and everything that is part of our daily lives. With work and family requiring a big part of our attention, <strong>hobbies <\/strong>are often forgotten and seen as an extravagance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, having a hobby has a lot of <strong>benefits<\/strong>. It is a way to\u00a0<strong>reduce stress<\/strong>. A study, from 2015, \u201cReal-Time Associations Between Engaging in Leisure and Daily Health and Well-Being Study\u201d found out that people who were involved in leisure activities had a lower stress level. If stress levels are low, the risk of\u00a0<strong>burnout<\/strong>\u00a0is also lower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides reducing stress, hobbies have other advantages. They can enhance\u00a0<strong>social life<\/strong>\u00a0and improve\u00a0<strong>communication<\/strong>, given that a lot of activities involve meeting new people, some with the same interests, and decrease loneliness. Hobbies are also essential to\u00a0<strong>reset\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0disconnect<\/strong>\u00a0from work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hobbies boost\u00a0<strong>creativity<\/strong>\u00a0and improve\u00a0<strong>knowledge<\/strong>. It allows us to develop\u00a0<strong>new skills.<\/strong>\u00a0It is a way to\u00a0<strong>invest and improve<\/strong>\u00a0ourselves through new challenges and experiences. All these aspects help and influence our\u00a0<strong>work performance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even though we are aware of the positive effects and the obvious reasons why we should get a hobby, sometimes it is hard to find\u00a0<strong>the time<\/strong>. But there are strategies to overcome this issue, such as scheduling a specific hour to spend on the hobby. It is a way to make it a habit and acknowledge its importance. Another strategy that can be helpful is sharing the habit with someone else. It can decrease loneliness and allows them to motivate each other, learn together and share their experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hobby we choose to pursue can vary a lot, depending on factors such as our interests or even our talents. There are people who learn to\u00a0<strong>cook<\/strong>, which is something that can be very useful in our daily lives. Others consider\u00a0<strong>an art-related<\/strong>\u00a0hobby which enhances creativity and helps at work.\u00a0<strong>Exercising<\/strong>\u00a0is another option, that can include dancing, running, bodybuilding\u2026. It can be hard to start, but it will not only strengthen mental health but also physical health. If the exercise involves teams, it can even improve communications skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another hobby can be<strong>\u00a0learning languages,\u00a0<\/strong>which gets us involved in new cultures and can be useful at work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reading<\/strong>\u00a0is a very common hobby. It improves creativity, knowledge, and even brain activity, which can help at work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent years, we have seen many companies invest in employees\u2019 hobbies. It can be a big investment, but it can also bring huge profits and benefits to employees and teams. It is a way to unite workers, improve their relationships, and learn\u00a0more about\u00a0their talents and skills,\u00a0which can be useful for the job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hobbies are an effective way to invest and improve ourselves, and our work performance. Investing in ourselves is a good way to feel better and be more productive.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u>References:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Simple Strategies To Enhance Your Work-Life Balance, August 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/karlynborysenko\/2019\/08\/09\/simple-strategies-to-enhance-your-work-life-balance\/#62623a1157ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">How hobbies can improve your happiness and productivity at work, August 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90389174\/how-hobbies-benefit-your-productivity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fast Company<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmarschaufeli.nl\/publications\/Schaufeli\/500.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnout in Europe<\/a>, October 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Why you should be scheduling your free time: How hobbies improve your productivity and creativity, September 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rescuetime.com\/hobbies-schedule-leisure-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RescueTime: blog<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">6 hobbies that could improve your performance at work, according to science, May 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/05\/21\/6-hobbies-that-could-improve-your-performance-at-work.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","myguten_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}