Helibo

Whether your a designer, programmer, marketer, or other Internet related job role, you need to have a moment where you keep yourself fresh from the busy times.

I myself am currently working in a very good company. I’ve always said location is everything and where I am situated is in one word, brilliant. Surrounded by woodland and wildlife, the open air is one way to keep my mind and consciousness awake.

A month and a half of working as a project manager, and the time has flown by. The atmosphere of the office is very relaxing, but behind the curtains where so damn busy. But by staying afresh I am able to stay on top of my work.

How do I do this?
Because of the location, my colleges and the environment itself, I tend to just go outside every 2 hours for a few minutes, to catch the air and clear my mind.
Another thing I have started to do is go outside and do something, take a run, shooting, football, golf. These are also things that keep me fresh and more energetic.

As some of us will know, being in a company where you are sat in a cubical or in a not-very-well-painted office, you become a clock-watcher. Your eye’s start to go baggy, lazyness casts a shadow over you, illness such as cold or flu or coughing start to take place when your in this situation.

Helibo’s advice to you is to stay afresh, become more lively by doing different things. In the Internet / IT industry, our work is always different each day. But doing exactly the same thing each day can become painful to your health.

Here’s 5 tips on what you can do.

1. Every 2 hours, go out and sit down for 5 minutes. Breath in through your nose, and out through your mouth. As daft as it may seem, believe me, it works!

2. Take 15 minutes and go for a stroll, just walk at a slow pace for about 100 metres, and then back.

3. If you have a bicycle, go for a quick ride.

4. If your a smoker, stop now, and have 2 breaks a day. 1 in the morning for a sit down, and 1 in the afternoon for something else. The easiest way to stop smoking, is to simply stop buying them. Try it for 2 days, do different things instead of smoking. I myself managed to do it, so can you!

5. And lastly, ask your colleges if they’d like to do the same advice. Maybe play a game of chess, cards together. Simply 5-15 minutes things on a daily basis can lift you from the ground.

If your doing something different, what is it that keeps you fresh?

*sidenote: sorry for the lack of updates*

A great way to keep your website up to date, is by shedding some light in different areas. By maintaining the corresponding elements but manipulating the way it draws attention, you should see a significant change. Let me show you.

A great example I found today, was the re-brand of Eden.

You can the rest of the above image on their homepage, and it shows they’ve even manipulated the logo as well. And doing this can give your website another boost in freshness. What I would suggest is don’t do this continuously, but perhaps every 6 months or so. Keep your website the same from a very long period of time can start to turn peoples heads away. It’s true!

Design and the web itself is changing on a daily basis, so by keeping your websites design clean and fresh, you should be able to keep up with standards of that time.

I believe people could save a lot of money by doing this, instead of after 2 or more years, having a complete re-design of ones website. Wouldn’t you say so?