jason ball,
ociaal
entrepreneur
Workingon a new start-up
social enterprise, Pride Cup,
while simultaneously building
my campaign as a Greens
candidate at the next federal
election, sometimesI blink
and my diary is full up with
events every night. One wayI
make sureI get mydowntime is
to schedule in a few dates with
myself each week.I know that
sounds weird, but when I book
myself in to have a morning
coffee, a weekend to laze about,
or an evening to myself, and
it’s blocked out in my diary,
it’s so much easier to say,
“Sorry,that week is fullupfor
me.” Because, visually, my diary
is full! Since doing this, I've
been so much moreproductive,
because, bytaking the time to
ensure my brain has a chance to
switch off, it meansit canbe at
its best when it's time to be on.ccoo nnneyy bbaarrnneettt,,
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Howdo I lookafter mybrain? I’ve never
quite figured thatout.I’mtryingevery
day.Itry tobekindto myself. Tobefair;
to beunderstanding.Iexercise mybrain
with artand poetryandpuzzles.Itreatit
toanotherworldcompletely,with novels
andfilms. SometimesI letitswitchoff
with rerunsofSexandtheCity,butit’s
alwaysbuzzing inthebackground.I run.
I sleep.Ieat (ashealthily asI can).
I thinkmybrainprobablbylooks after
memore thanI look after it.
AsthegreatFerrisBuelleroncesaid,
“Lifemoves prettyfast,” and it’seasy
togetsweptupintheconstantchaos.
What’simportant,though,isgiving
yourselftimetosteppbackandmakesure
your noggin isdoinggOK. So,we asked
some frankie friends a question::
real life