You may be familiar with the phrase, “Put on your oxygen mask first.” 🧑✈️
May is Mental Health awareness month and we’re pausing to consider not only how we can take better care of ourselves at work, but why it matters. If you want to unlockgreater focus, stronger emotional regulation, and improved decision-making, it’s time to prioritize your mental health.
In a digital workplace, it’s easy to let those work/home boundaries slip, crunch for a deadline and then continue at that pace, skip a meal (or many). But if you don’t prioritize self-care, it can catch up and lead to a costly problem — burnout. 🔥
Below are 5️⃣ facts about mental health in the workplace: ⏩
(Source: The American Psychiatric Association Foundation)
- More than 1 in 5 U.S. adults live with a mental health condition.1
- Mental health illness is the single greatest cause of worker disability worldwide.2
- 42% of surveyed working adults reported experiencing burnout (“a state of emotional, mental, and often physical exhaustion brought on by prolonged or repeated stress”) and 48% said that they “always” or “sometimes” struggle to get away from their work at the end of the day.3
- 58% of recently surveyed employees have considered quitting their jobs as a result of their mental health.4
- Mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and burnout cost the global economy an estimated US $1 trillion annually in lost productivity.5
Here are five ways to practice self-care at work. 📝
Now that you’re more versed in self-care, are you looking for one way to bring a team together? Play a game! 👾
Play is not overrated. In fact, according to a study, integrating play at work can lead to a 20% increase in productivity. Want to learn more about the transformative power of play? This Rolling Stone article outlines how play can be beneficial in all aspects of life.
P.S. Stay tuned for some new games coming to Conello in the future!
