Staying productive by taking time to recuperate

Take a little time for yourself, especially when things get busy. Personal well being translates into more productivity, not less!

I’ve written about slowing down and taking time for planning but today I wanted to talk about taking time for personal well being.

My wife and I have both travelled a lot — in my case, both for work and pleasure, but more the former. I’ve lived in North and South America, South Asia, and visited enough countries and cities that I stopped counting a long time ago. Throughout it all neither of us have had a chance to live in Europe, although we’ve visited many countries. For the past five or six years, our goal became living in Europe.

It took a while to make it happen but it did — we’re returning to Barcelona, Spain, the city where we had our honeymoon. We loved Barcelona then, thinking that of all the cities we visited, Barcelona would be a lovely place to live. Earlier this month, we finished our move and are now living in a cute Spanish apartment, just off Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, right in the hear…