CHAPTER 3
Structuring the Workday to Support Your Mental Health
by Alice Boyes
When you’re struggling with your mental health, getting through your workday can feel a lot harder than usual. If your workload is making your anxiety, depression, or other mental health difficulties worse, it’s not always the quantity or type of work that’s the culprit. Sometimes it’s that your workday isn’t structured in a way that suits your natural rhythms or your mental health challenges.
Structuring your workday well can help with a wide range of difficulties, from depression and anxiety to ADHD and bipolar disorder. But there’s no one-size-fits-all version of a mentally healthy workday. What’s right for you will be based on self-knowledge, experimentation, and ...
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