{"id":6210,"date":"2019-11-23T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T17:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/?p=6210"},"modified":"2019-12-02T11:44:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T17:44:16","slug":"the-inextricable-link-between-wellness-and-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/productivity\/the-inextricable-link-between-wellness-and-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inextricable Link Between Wellness And Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you really stop to think about it, your body is really just another kind of machine. Certainly, it\u2019s an incredibly complex biochemical machine, driven by a biological supercomputer we don\u2019t yet fully understand. But it\u2019s still a machine – and it follows the same rules as one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What we\u2019re trying to say is that like any machine, if you aren\u2019t taking proper care of your body, it\u2019s not going to operate at peak efficiency. It is, perhaps, one of the greatest ironies of the modern workplace.  We\u2019re constantly working more, only to achieve less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We work long, late hours, heedless of the fact that without rest, fatigue will overtake our faculties. We skip meals or shove terrible food into our mouths, ignoring the fact that nutrition and mental health are inextricably linked. We spend our days sitting at a desk or in front of a television, despite knowing human beings weren\u2019t meant to be sedentary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These unhealthy tendencies together contribute heavily to something known as brain fog. As noted by Healthline<\/a>, it\u2019s not a medical condition on its own, but rather a collection of cognitive problems. These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n