Ro demonstrates a time management method called the pomodoro effect. Every 25 minutes or so you take a five minute break and to do a reset. These mental health walks around downtown are super helpful for Ro. He doesn't want to tie one situation into a whole day.
Ro demonstrates a time management method called the pomodoro effect. Every 25 minutes or so you take a five minute break and to do a reset. These mental health walks around downtown are super helpful for Ro. He doesn't want to tie one situation into a whole day.
When you feel the temperature rising internally or from work or from, you know, being out and about something that kind of raises you from that scale of one or two to about seven or eight. Let's take mental health walk, take a couple laps around the block, get some sunshine. And we're gonna be looking forward to next year already.
Mel Myers: For me, this 15 second, 15 minute break is like a reset through the whole day. I listen to music. What do you do to combat the daily struggles of being in office? I Monday Motion with Ro at 8:30am.
Hello. Hello, Cadre fam. So I'm Rolando. I'm Ro. I decided to do a little impromptu live session here. I'm actually at work downtown, taking a little mental health walk, which I love to do downtown here. One of my favorite things to do is pop out of the office when I've been sitting in front of a computer too long and I feel the day could get a bit long. I stopped, I collect myself and I go for a walk. I like these little mental health walks around downtown. They're super helpful for me. I get to go walk, clear my head, get away from the computer screen for a bit, get to enjoy the outside, the fresh air, the sunshine.
And it's like a reset for me. I've gotten really interested by this time management method called the pomodoro effect or pomodoro, which is every 25 minutes or so you take a five minute break and to do a reset. And it's supposed to improve efficiency, productivity. And I started doing that when I was in college. But I've noticed for my time frame of paying attention to a task and being effective is about 45 minutes. So every 45 minutes I stop, take a 15 minute break, whether it's mindless doom scrolling, which I hate to admit, or you know, do something that's, you know, a puzzle or take a walk or call someone and then I go back to the task.
And I found myself to get to be super efficient, more productive and I don't get burned out. Right. And these mental health walks as well too. People always, I hear people say all the time, like, oh, I had a bad day. Well, I don't really don't have bad days. I have bad situations throughout the day. But I learned how to navigate it and I really go out of my way to make sure that it doesn't turn into a bad day. Right. I not to tie one situation into a whole day. So one of the things I learned to combat that for myself is early on when I was seeing, seeing a therapist.
I started the scale system right when I was in a situation or an environment where I felt like things are wild up and I couldn't control my emotions or my feelings. I'm like, okay, this is a 10, right? And then I started scaling it where I'd walk into a room and things were kind of heavy. You could feel the pressure. And I'm like, okay, this feels like it, about a seven. And I got really good at it to the point where it got kind of weird because I'd walk into A room. And like, I'm like, you guys are giving me eight energy right now.
And people be like, what are you talking about? I'm like, I'm gonna excuse myself, right? So I started scaling back because I. Instead of waiting for things to get to a 7 to an 8, it's like, how do I identify those situations that are a three or a four and what am I willing to deal with, essentially? So I started paying attention that really well. So when I would see situations unfolding, whether it's internal or external, internal, like, okay, I'm getting flooded. I'm getting flustered. Flustered.
I'm feeling a little bit overwhelmed. I'm like, all right, maybe I'm at about a four. Maybe I need to take a step back to protect the rest of the day and not let the situation get me to that 8, 9 energy. So when I take these mental health walks like this, I'm essentially protecting that two and three space that I like to live in. Because one, that means I'm basically ready to take a nap, right? But that two or three, it's like, okay, there's things going on. I'm alert. I'm aware I have responsibilities.
I have tasks that I have to do, but I want to do them with efficiency and consistent, and I don't want to let it weigh me down because I'm one of those people I like to stack a lot on my plate, but I do it because I attack these situations independently. So, see, who do we got on the chat? Is there anything that you guys do when. When you feel the temperature rising internally or from work or from, you know, being out and about something that kind of raises you from that scale of one or two to about seven or eight, possibly.
The scaling method works for me. I really enjoy it, so I get to take a step back in days like this. So I was. I just completed a task at work, and I was like, you know, this is. This is giving 4 energy. I was like, all right, well, let's hold on to that four. Let's take mental health walk, take a couple laps around the block, get some sunshine, because pretty soon we're gonna be in the middle, in the thick of it, in the thick of winter. And we're gonna be looking forward. We're gonna be looking forward to next year already.
Let's see. Mel Myers. What's up? I usually doom scroll arrest. Oh, I am the king of doom scrolling. It gets bad sometimes. I'm trying to replace it with Cadre Shameless plug. It's okay, but Also, different things that I'm trying to learn as I'm speaking than microlearning sessions. It's really hard because Instagram. Yeah, there's so many. Instagram is my go to. There's so many good things. So many things that are just chasing me down a rabbit hole. So I try to. I try to limit that as well. I don't know about you guys, but I have an hour long timer on my phone, and here's some humility for you.
I hit that ignore button probably like three times a day, but we'll talk about that on a different day. But yeah, so these mental health walk. Back to the mental health walk. As you see, I got my coffee. It's nice. The sun's shining. What are some things that you guys do when you feel yourself, you know, getting overwhelmed or flustered with work or family? Is there little things that can be done? Like, for me, this 15 second, 15 minute break is like a reset through the whole day. I go back into the office and I'm refreshed.
I have a fresh mindset. And also, like, if I'm addressing a task or a project and if I stare at it long enough, the task doesn't become the issue. I think I do, right? I get so hyper focused on it that I become inefficient and I just start fumbling through things. It reminds me of, I'm gonna spin back this way. There's a lot of traffic. You guys might not be able to hear me. But it reminds me, like, if I say, I don't know if you guys ever done this, but if you hyper focus on one word and say it repeatedly all the time, it starts to sound like it's broken.
Or you're saying the word wrong and you're like, am I saying that right? And it could be the most basic word. And that's how I feel when I hyper focus on a task for way too long. It's all right, I need to take a break, reset, come back to the situation with fresh eyes, a fresh mindset, and then attack it. I'm all about getting that fresh pair of eyes on a situation or a problem. So these mental health walks, got to get my steps in. I love to stay active, love to stay moving. Plus, I have a desk in my office where I can usually I can sit down or stand up, but if I stand up at my desk, I kind of feel like a DJ and I bring too much energy.
And then when I sit down, I start getting kind of complacent and tired. And burnt out. So I try to find that middle ground. So those 45 minutes sessions I really lock in and you know, take the 15 minutes to kind of reassess and reset and all that good stuff. So I just wanted to take this few times, this few minutes to get on here and just speak to the Cadre sphere. Welcome you guys into my space. This is a mental health platform. I love it and I figured I'm taking a mental health walk, I might as well take the walk with the Cadresphere, right?
So anyways, who we got here? One Mel Myers. I listen to music. Oh that's a good one. I just actually made a post this morning that I'm always in a positive mood because I always listen to positive music and I posted a song by, it's called Red Bone. Come and what is the song? Come and get your lovin. It's like, it's like a lovey song but it's super like from the 70s and it's just a feel good song and I listen to stuff like that just to keep light hearted. So like unless it's leg day at the gym then I'm listening to like raging music and then like I'm a whole nother animal at that time.
But yeah, music is a top priority for my mental health that's for sure. But all right, I'm gonna head back into the office. Thank you guys for taking this mental health walk with me. I appreciate you guys sharing this space and time with me. Drop some other stuff in the chat. What you guys do to combat the daily struggles of being in office or being, you know, in front of a task that could be stressful or you're struggling with time management. Drop some of your tools and techniques that you guys use.
Other than that, have a great day. I hope you guys enjoy your weekend. I Monday Motion with Ro at 8:30am Looking forward to seeing you guys there. Nice outside, nice mental health walk.
