Making Daily Work Fun and Easy

We all know that work can sometimes be a drag. But it doesn't have to be! There are lots of little things you can do to make your workday more fun and easy.

Here are a few ideas:

1. Take a break every few hours to stretch, walk around, or just get some fresh air. Sometimes I block the team members agenda to walk around, or grab a "virtual coffee"

2- take time to chat with co-workers, learn something new from them. That also helps in potential colaborations.

3. Remember to laugh! Laughter is the best medicine, after all.


For me, what I really enjoy is to take on challenging projects, onces that aren't in my confort zone, never worked with the stakeholders before and/or never managed something similar. It helps my organization with workload and helps me to keep my engagement levels.

Proper prioritization and planning are the keys.

Create social activities--wellness challenges, bake-offs, etc.-- that allow team members to relax and decompress.

Totally agree with you on creating social activities that will allow staff to decompress and breathe easier. You mentioned challenges. What challenges worked well in your organization?

We had a competition between teams. Each team's members would pick a daily wellness activity (for example, I chose to do 100 pushups each day) for a period of 30 days. We had a simply Google app that would let us record our daily accomplishments. At the end you tabulate all the daily occurrences. The team with the most occurrences wins. The winning team gets bragging rights until the next challenge!

A good recommendation is to make an "active pause" in the middle of the work day, to allow employees to do relaxing activities like exercise, dance, or take a nap. This pause helps to renovate forces and finish the working day successfully.