Hi, I thought this was good and resonated with all the points you made on why we are struggling on zoom but I was hoping for constructive points under how to avoid the fatigue. The only really point you made was try to have less meetings, which isn't really a tool for helping with the fatigue if you do work in a client facing positions that requires meeting with many clients daily. I would love to hear some tools to reduce fatigue for while you are actually in back to back zooms!
Hi Victoria fatigue is certainly a big challenge and if you can't reduce the number of meetings, turning off video or using the phone as the article mentions is also a helpful strategy. Here are some others:
- Use speaker view so that you are only looking at one person at a time
- Turn off the view of looking at yourself (our brains don't like that much!)
- Don't multi-task during video meetings, this drains our cognitive resources and makes us tired faster
- Try and shorten the meetings where possible
- Give yourself 5 minutes or even 2 between meetings to do some physical activity. Walk aroudn the block, jump on a mini-trampoline, do some stretches.
- Add nature to your desk, a plant or even photos of nature are useful. Getting outside for some nature, sunshine and fresh air is even better.
- Drink lots of water and eat regularly
- Close your eyes for a few minutes and also look at something on the horizon to reduce the strain of close focussing
- Watch your breathing. Many people end up shallow breathing when they are rushing or stressed leading to more fatigue
- Use a stand-up desk
- Depending where you work, I have heard people using a walking pad under their desk is also helpful to get more movement and less sedentary time.
Hi, I thought this was good and resonated with all the points you made on why we are struggling on zoom but I was hoping for constructive points under how to avoid the fatigue. The only really point you made was try to have less meetings, which isn't really a tool for helping with the fatigue if you do work in a client facing positions that requires meeting with many clients daily. I would love to hear some tools to reduce fatigue for while you are actually in back to back zooms!
Hi Victoria fatigue is certainly a big challenge and if you can't reduce the number of meetings, turning off video or using the phone as the article mentions is also a helpful strategy. Here are some others:
- Use speaker view so that you are only looking at one person at a time
- Turn off the view of looking at yourself (our brains don't like that much!)
- Don't multi-task during video meetings, this drains our cognitive resources and makes us tired faster
- Try and shorten the meetings where possible
- Give yourself 5 minutes or even 2 between meetings to do some physical activity. Walk aroudn the block, jump on a mini-trampoline, do some stretches.
- Add nature to your desk, a plant or even photos of nature are useful. Getting outside for some nature, sunshine and fresh air is even better.
- Drink lots of water and eat regularly
- Close your eyes for a few minutes and also look at something on the horizon to reduce the strain of close focussing
- Watch your breathing. Many people end up shallow breathing when they are rushing or stressed leading to more fatigue
- Use a stand-up desk
- Depending where you work, I have heard people using a walking pad under their desk is also helpful to get more movement and less sedentary time.
Hope this helps!