Episode 067-Eight Revealing Emotions I’m Experiencing Not Traveling At All

The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, and trying to figure out and make the best of a long now even longer stretch of not traveling.

Emotion One - Confusion

Emotion Two - Disappointment

Emotion Three - Relief

Emotion Four - Frustration

Emotion Five - Exhaustion
I recently read an article on Fast Company addressing Zoom Fatigue. Who knew that would become “a thing” but it’s real.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90490716/ill-be-right-back-how-to-protect-your-energy-during-zoom-meetings

I’ve hit a different level of exhaustion due to:

• Seemingly always on the phone
• Zoom meeting after meeting with no breaks in between - which the author of the article called “Zero Break Schedule” - at least on the road I had drive time
• One Position for One Screen - let me quote the article: "Another reason that video calls can be exceptionally tiring is that you need to physically hold yourself in one position. In an in-person meeting, you’d likely shift from side to side, tilt back in your chair, swivel from looking one way to another depending on who is speaking, and lean over to take notes. Unfortunately in a video call, you’re stuck in one place trying to stay in the center of the screen, and moving in any other direction can cause your face to become awkwardly cropped."
• Interruptions that are seemingly quick and not bothersome but I found myself constantly trying to get back my train of thought or re-engage in the meeting
• And most importantly, an exhausted wife who is doing online learning with her grade school class, learning new technology, home-schooling the kids, and feeling like she’s on house arrest

Emotion Six - Uncertainty

How will my job, business travel, the world, look like post an unprecedented health pandemic?

Emotion Seven - Curiosity

How can I use this time wisely knowing it will end to have something to show for it other than relief it’s over?

Emotion Eight - Motivation

To find the list of these eight emotions, quotes, links, and time stamps, check out www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/067
You can also find the Top 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide to learn the tricks of the trade to get better not just get by at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/067

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