For those of you not following us on Facebook or Twitter, we
wanted to repost some of our Lawyer Well-Being Week messages here. This week is
Lawyer Well-Being Week, with each day’s work week theme focusing on a different
aspect of well-being. Our VBA COVID-19 Resource
Page has a link to the full package of materials for the week. But through
the week, we’ve been posting on Facebook
and Twitter the abbreviated version
of the materials, highlighting just one video, one article and one activity per
day.
Monday was Stay Strong day, focusing on physical well-being.
The materials emphasize getting enough sleep, eating well and staying active,
even if it is just standing up once every zoom meeting. Tuesday’s theme was “Align”
encouraging us to foster a sense of meaning and purpose in our work and life,
with a call to engage in work that is meaningful. Today the focus is on
engagement and growth. We do better when we continue to learn and develop both
within our jobs and outside of the work environment. As the pinwheel suggests,
the next two days will focus on social and emotional well-being. But you don’t
have to wait to check out the materials available for those days. In fact,
every day should be well-being day because maintaining well-being is a
perpetual process, not an event. We owe it to ourselves and others to focus on our
well-being whenever we can.
Every morning of this well-being week, Vermont Bar Counsel,
Mike Kennedy, has posted short videos about each day’s theme. If you feel like
you don’t have the time to check out the full materials for the week, or even time
for the pared down version on our Facebook page, irony aside, you can
certainly spare the 7 minutes or so every morning to watch Mike Kennedy’s video
summaries! Here’s a link
to today’s video, a favorite of the VBA for obvious reasons, and you can check
out all of his videos from
there.
This pandemic has undoubtedly caused us all to feel stress
and anxiety, so Lawyer Well-Being Week could not have come at a better time. Remember
there are resources out there including the Vermont
Lawyers Assistance Program if the stress feels too overwhelming. The
pandemic has also caused many of us to become more introspective and think
about priorities, and perhaps have a little more time to spare. In that spare
time, why not check out some of the resources
put together by professionals to help us all focus on well-being. You might
feel better for it!
