What do you do if you're struggling to stay present in temporary and contract work?

The first thing is to reflect on this feeling because, like your contract work, it is also temporary. Try visualization! With each exhale, see your current worry leaving your body. Do this for 9 breathing cycles. Then, create your future reality with visualization. Ask yourself, what do I want to experience in the future? Maybe a stable job? Go in more detail. Be clear on what you want to see, experience and do in your future. Visualize this scenario for at least 5 minutes. This will give new information to your subconscious mind. If nothing works, simply become aware of the sounds in your environment, the rhythm of your breath, and the sensations in your body.

Having a recurring routine allows you to maintain a constant in your life. As your clients might vary, and projects come and go, your healthy habits are the consistency you need to provide a frame for your day to day.

Contractors are often overloaded ("feast or famine"), making up for work gaps, and fatigue ensures. Being awake is not "Being Present". Contractors should implement "Self-Care & Mindfulness" in their daily routine to maintain a "Balanced Life".

Seek a life / work balance rather than a work / life balance Create core pillars that drive you and make them fundmentals. My 7 pillars are - good food, fitness, health, sleep, relationships, learning, love/fun embed for 1 or 90 mins each of these daily, life lives around these and nothing else.

To stay present in temporary or contract work, set clear goals, focus on the present moment, find meaning in your work, build relationships, seek learning opportunities, be flexible, maintain work-life balance, stay organized, stay positive, and plan for the future. By focusing on the value you provide, building relationships, seeking learning opportunities, being flexible, adaptable, maintaining a positive attitude, and planning for the future, you can stay present, make the most of your opportunities, and set yourself up for success.

Productivity techniques like Pomodoro, when used regularly, can be part of a healthy daily ritual that incorporate breaks and positive productivity. I really do value the rituals around having clear and regular breaks to recharge properly. It has been proven to increase productivity but it also helps to stay sane and having a mindful approach to rest. When I talk about breaks, it doesn't mean scrolling socials for an hour. I mean 10 minutes breath work, 20 minutes walk, 5 minutes stretching, anything that will be fulfilling for you.

As mention above - small rituals around your life and work. Maybe it’s setting up your space a certain way or a short walk during lunch. 🚶♀️ These rituals can act as anchors, keeping you grounded and making each place feel a bit more yours. ⚓

I try to decorate my working place in a nice way which inspires me to go there with joy. During the work I prepare a nice non-alcoholic drink to sip it slowly and organize myself some fruits to eat in between. In this surrounding work makes more fun and gives me the chance to focus in a new way with a new spirit.

Establecer rituales en mi trabajo temporal ha sido una verdadera revelación. Antes solía sentirme desconectado, pero ahora, con pequeñas acciones como preparar mi espacio de trabajo de una manera específica o comenzar mi jornada con un ejercicio de gratitud, encuentro una sensación de continuidad y conexión con el momento presente. Estos rituales me ayudan a concentrarme mejor en mis tareas y a abordarlas con un enfoque más consciente y comprometido. Son como pequeños recordatorios para mi mente de que es hora de sumergirse en el trabajo y aprovechar al máximo cada momento laboral.

We understand the role of goal setting that helps to plan and be on track. However, it often is accompanied with failing to achieve and inflexibility in its direction. To its contrary, setting intentions allows to focus on who you and your values are in the moment, and flows through emotional energy. Daily intentions can help you create a roadmap to live in the present moment, taking one day at a time. It gives you a purpose and intrinsic (internal) motivation to strive towards your goal. Setting intentions can be expansive, effective, open to experience and helps focus on larger goal.

More focused more free you become ! Begin each assignment by setting clear intentions. What do you hope to achieve or learn? 🎯 This isn't just about your tasks, but how you want to feel while doing them. Setting intentions helps keep your mind engaged and committed. ✨

Any new project, be it a contract or not, requires setting clear intentions - in terms of the value it adds to our endeavours and, skills and knowledge that we transfer onto it. However, the temporariness and impermanence with contractual roles can push one to worry about future. In the bargain the focus shifts away from the intentions. Acknowledge and validate these thoughts and emotions, because shying away from them isn’t helping one become better productive either. To support this practice mindfulness can be extremely helpful; it strengthens the mental muscles to stay in the present, to appreciate what we have in the Now rather than indulging in thoughts about what is missing. It always helps stay aligned with the intentions.

Establecer intenciones al inicio de cada nuevo contrato o proyecto ha sido fundamental en mi enfoque laboral. Tomarme ese tiempo para reflexionar sobre lo que espero lograr y cómo deseo comportarme me mantiene enfocado en lo importante y en lo que puedo controlar. Esta práctica no solo clarifica mis metas, sino que también me recuerda el propósito de mi trabajo, lo cual es crucial en situaciones laborales temporales. Me ayuda a invertir completamente en cada tarea, a pesar de su naturaleza transitoria, y a mantener una perspectiva clara y centrada en todo momento.

Mindfully maintaining 'Full Engagement' in Contract Work requires achieving equilibrium between work and our personal life. Give work your full attention and best effort, but within healthy boundaries, and allocate time during the day for yourself. Create your "Balanced Life".

Wherever you are, be all there. Go all in - commit, success is our inner duty. Set fully with the task at hand and the people you work with. 💬 This can help you form meaningful connections and make your work more enjoyable and fulfilling, even if it’s temporary. 🌟

Participar plenamente es clave en el trabajo temporal y por contrato. La atención plena implica comprometerse por completo con cada tarea en el momento presente. Al sumergirme por completo en mis responsabilidades, sin importar la duración del contrato, encuentro que mi trabajo es de mayor calidad y más satisfactorio. Esta dedicación total no solo reduce el estrés, sino que también hace que la experiencia laboral sea más gratificante.

I journal daily, morning and night, and include reflection prompts to review the day. In the morning journaling session, it is about setting your intention and goals for the day. In the evening, it is about reviewing things we have achieved, we have learned, that we are grateful for, and so on.

Take time to reflect on your experiences. What’s working? What isn’t? 🤔 Regular reflection can provide insights into how you work best and keep you mentally and emotionally in tune with your work and goals. 📝

Engage in mindfulness meditation without setting a specific goal to achieve. View this practice as a journey of self-awareness for an overall enhancement in life. Daily meditating can yield valuable experiences, such as epiphanies. An epiphany is an intuitive, sudden, and profound realization that sparks a significant shift in perspective or understanding. It entails a moment of clarity or illumination that transcends ordinary thought processes. Mindfulness meditation, in my belief, fosters experiences akin to epiphanies and the accompanying sense of fulfillment. It offers sudden moments of enlightenment that can profoundly and significantly transform our lives by altering our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

Journaling on this question- ‘What did I learn about myself today?’ Is such a powerful way to reflect and become self aware. This will Help you identify the root cause and possible solution too.

In dieser Situation besorge ich mir in einem Buchgeschäft Literatur, die über mein eigentliches Arbeitsfeld bzw. Berufsthema hinausgeht, aber inhaltlich ergänzend dazu Wissen vermittelt. Dieses Wissen würde ich auch sofort einzubringen versuchen und damit die Perspektiven bezüglich der Arbeit positiv beeinflussen. Dieses würde mir Spaß machen und die Arbeit versüßen.

My career as a "Contract Worker" presented great rewards and equal challenges. I often neglected achieving "Balance". Life always restores balance, and often by knocking us down until WE learn the lesson in "Taking care of ourselves". Mindfully find your balance.