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How to Protect Your Mental Health at Work

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One thing we’d all like to leave behind this year is the prevalence of stress. According to a recent American Psychiatric Association (APA) poll , 31% of Americans anticipated being more stressed in the 2022 holiday season than they were the year before. Experiencing a degree of stress can keep you motivated and alert.

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Live to 100: 4 Takeaways from the Netflix Docuseries to Help You Live Better and Longer

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We’ve heard the advice so much our whole lives that we can recite it in our sleep: Eat nutritious foods, move our bodies, don’t stress. Yet, Americans are facing the shortest life expectancy in the past two decades, according to December 2022 CDC data. We text, email and message instead of talking on the phone. short years.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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Although friends often understand gaps in communication, when receiving messages from employers and managers, even after hours, it’s often more difficult to stay away from the phone. Although this may allay anxiety for those work expectations, it likely also promotes strain on relationships and mental health.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

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A more recent study (2021) published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that afternoon naps improve cognition. I set daily alarms on my phone so I wouldn’t forget to sleep, or worse, make the mistake of oversleeping. I can feel the blue light from my phone threatening my sleep most nights.

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5 things you should do now to prepare for year-end payroll reporting

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While this may be the most stressful time of the year, good preparation can smooth out a lot of the kinks. So what can you start doing now to get ahead and reduce the stress when prime time arrives? For 1095 reporting by self-insured group health plans, you can also be penalized for not reporting employees’ dependents’ SSNs.

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How Sensory Design Can Create Efficient Workplaces

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According to a survey from March 2022, almost 50% of workplace leaders already require or will require employees to return to full-time in-person work within the year. The study also revealed that noisy workplaces and mobile phones are to blame for most of the distractions. A research study on productivity found that U.S.

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As One Writer Grapples with Her Disability, She Rediscovers Passion, Peace and Contentment

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I assumed the stress of transitioning to a new job was wearing me down, that maybe I’d taken on too much and just needed a few days of good rest. I used to read stories to my Cabbage Patch dolls and imagine myself a famous writer, taking calls on a blue plastic phone from imaginary clients commissioning me to pen an essay for them.

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