Whether you have a home – based business or you work outside of the home, there really is no way to prevent things from your non – work life from affecting your work day. This can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending upon the nature of what is going on in your life and how it affects your work. Of course, the effects can be small or large depending upon what you have going on. They may be things that only you can see or feel, or they may be things that other people can notice.
One thing that affects every part of your day at home and at work is how you eat. You may not even know how your food affects your day until you change things up a little (or a lot). That is where I am at right now. I am at the end of day four of the Whole30 nutrition program, and I am seeing a major connection between the food on my plate and the experiences that I have throughout my day.
The Whole30 is a program that is designed to help people become healthier by changing their relationships with food. This is my second time participating in the program, and I am really taking time to pay attention to how I feel. Over the past couple of days, I learned that when someone who has been eating foods that are not so healthy changes their diet drastically, things can get worse before they get better. For days two and three of the program, I was tired, cranky, and had headaches. I rested more than I normally would so I did not get as much done around the house, and I readjusted my work schedule a bit.
In return for that minor inconvenience which I only mention so that other home – based professionals can plan for it if they undertake any major changes to their diets, I am now experiencing effects of a different nature. My head is clear, my thoughts and actions are more productive and efficient. I am happier. I have gotten quite a bit done around the house today, and I feel well prepared for a great evening of work. It is even possible that the work that I create today will be better than work that I created on other days. Even if others cannot see a difference, I can tell that I was able to produce the work with much less effort. Cleaning up my diet is changing my entire life for the better, work included.
Just so you know, the creators of the Whole30 program have not compensated me in any way for mentioning their program here.
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