| Having had years of anxiety, stress and also depression I have immersed myself in the topic. Staying focused or motivated is a goal that shouldn't be a goal in the sense that if you take care of your mental health. Motivation and staying focused will naturally occur. Per person it differs what you need to do to stay healthy, maybe see a therapist if things go bad (e.g. if it really affects your daily living). But in general it boils down to these things: -Do work you enjoy, i.e. that relates to the values you have -Take regular breaks and time-off. No lunch break behind a desk. Take holidays. Don't work 80 hours a week. -Do meditation/yoga and/or sports to stay physically healthy and lower stress -Do fun things next to your work that activate/stimulate your body. Playing guitar, painting, meeting friends, cooking. Watching TV / doing computer games is more of the same behind a screen work and thus does not re-energize you -Take care of your social life, meet friends, family etc. Hope this helps. Otherwise check Happify for exercises and tracks around this topic. |