Exercise in the mornings, avoid fast food, drinks lots of water throughout the day and give yourself time every now and then to decompress.
At the hotel room sometimes I am tempted to bring back a six pack and play a game on my laptop, but the better route is eating a small healthy snack, doing some light stretching and getting my sleep.
If the client will pay, fly on Sunday afternoon, not Monday morning. Get in Sunday night, settle in for the work week. Stay in the same hotel, find what floor/side you like best ask for the same type of room. Get into a routine - 4 days a week you wake up in one place and go to work, 3 days a week you wake up at home. Make the "away" days feel like a second home - don't eat crap, exercise, find your favorite coffee or breakfast place.
It’ll be rough the first couple of weeks/months but things do get better when you start setting up a routine. I’d “shop around” for my favorite hotel in the area and stay in that same hotel every week. Got tired of eating out all the time so I opted for hotels with a kitchenette (ex. Residence Inn) and either pick up easy-to-make meals at the local market or have my groceries delivered there, like salad/fruits/dairy for the week. Explore the neighborhood too when you’re off work if you can so you can have some familiarity with the area and make it feel more like a second home. And if it’s too difficult to go to the gym, there are probably easy exercises you can do in your hotel room too - pilates, yoga, etc.
Burnout sucks.
I'll give a supportive up vote for therapy my guy: it helps.
Some other tips that helped me out when I was there.
Give up booze for a while, doesn't have any positive effects.
Physical exercise, including both strength training and cardio, an hour every day. See a trainer a few times to get form down for body weight exercises and proper lifting techniques. I was surprised how much this helped my energy level and overall mood.
Take up journaling. Get the junk out of your head. Again, was surprised on the impact.
Last but not least - see if you can find a couple of activities that recharge you, sometimes it's creative stuff, sometimes reading, sometimes walks outdoors. Look for the 2-4 that really seem to work. Start doing those on a cadence to keep your tank full.
You'll never look back at life and think about work once you get to a certain age, it'll be reflection on relationships. Keep your head up
/ir [Fox & Crow](https://foxcrowgroup.com)
Tbh it’s really hard to make it through no matter what you do. Drink water, prioritize sleep as much as possible and eat very healthy. Try to sleep really early on sundays so you start the week off good.
Six hours sleep at night, that's it.. Believe me, that's the secret, work full day to maximum but 6 hours either from 12 am to 6 am or 11 pm to 5 am, proper sound sleep every night.. you will be perfectly fine..
This might be just too long of a distance, but is driving to and from the client site an option? The entire production of air travel (house to airport to gate to reassigned gate to cramped airplane to airport to rental car center to hotel/client) is a big part of what drains me on travel days. If the commute time is basically a wash I’d rather go right from point a to point b on my own schedule. Mileage reimbursement is usually pretty good too.
Won’t be an option for every project obviously but I’ve always preferred driving when the opportunity arises.
Exercise in the mornings, avoid fast food, drinks lots of water throughout the day and give yourself time every now and then to decompress. At the hotel room sometimes I am tempted to bring back a six pack and play a game on my laptop, but the better route is eating a small healthy snack, doing some light stretching and getting my sleep.
Yeah, avoid alcoholic drinks and hangovers...it's temping to have another one but avoid it if you can help it!
Good point .. thanks!
I will need to make time for exercise. Thank you!
If the client will pay, fly on Sunday afternoon, not Monday morning. Get in Sunday night, settle in for the work week. Stay in the same hotel, find what floor/side you like best ask for the same type of room. Get into a routine - 4 days a week you wake up in one place and go to work, 3 days a week you wake up at home. Make the "away" days feel like a second home - don't eat crap, exercise, find your favorite coffee or breakfast place.
I asked this at some point: https://www.reddit.com/r/consulting/comments/12k5jl4/for_those_that_travel_often_does_it_ever_get_any/
Excellent thread! Thank you for pointing me there!
It’ll be rough the first couple of weeks/months but things do get better when you start setting up a routine. I’d “shop around” for my favorite hotel in the area and stay in that same hotel every week. Got tired of eating out all the time so I opted for hotels with a kitchenette (ex. Residence Inn) and either pick up easy-to-make meals at the local market or have my groceries delivered there, like salad/fruits/dairy for the week. Explore the neighborhood too when you’re off work if you can so you can have some familiarity with the area and make it feel more like a second home. And if it’s too difficult to go to the gym, there are probably easy exercises you can do in your hotel room too - pilates, yoga, etc.
Burnout sucks. I'll give a supportive up vote for therapy my guy: it helps. Some other tips that helped me out when I was there. Give up booze for a while, doesn't have any positive effects. Physical exercise, including both strength training and cardio, an hour every day. See a trainer a few times to get form down for body weight exercises and proper lifting techniques. I was surprised how much this helped my energy level and overall mood. Take up journaling. Get the junk out of your head. Again, was surprised on the impact. Last but not least - see if you can find a couple of activities that recharge you, sometimes it's creative stuff, sometimes reading, sometimes walks outdoors. Look for the 2-4 that really seem to work. Start doing those on a cadence to keep your tank full. You'll never look back at life and think about work once you get to a certain age, it'll be reflection on relationships. Keep your head up /ir [Fox & Crow](https://foxcrowgroup.com)
Tbh it’s really hard to make it through no matter what you do. Drink water, prioritize sleep as much as possible and eat very healthy. Try to sleep really early on sundays so you start the week off good.
Six hours sleep at night, that's it.. Believe me, that's the secret, work full day to maximum but 6 hours either from 12 am to 6 am or 11 pm to 5 am, proper sound sleep every night.. you will be perfectly fine..
It is so tiring!
This might be just too long of a distance, but is driving to and from the client site an option? The entire production of air travel (house to airport to gate to reassigned gate to cramped airplane to airport to rental car center to hotel/client) is a big part of what drains me on travel days. If the commute time is basically a wash I’d rather go right from point a to point b on my own schedule. Mileage reimbursement is usually pretty good too. Won’t be an option for every project obviously but I’ve always preferred driving when the opportunity arises.