Balancing well-being

Don’t forget to reward yourself for building new habits, and think about how you can incorporate these into your newsroom’s workflow.

Maybe you’re proactively planning your day around the suggested well-being task, or maybe you need to check your calendar each day for a reminder — there’s no right or wrong way to do this.

You’ve made it through the first week of prioritizing well-being! What activities made a positive impact on your day? Were there any that were difficult to accomplish?

Why a 20-day, 20-action challenge? Because prioritizing the well-being of ourselves, our journalists, and by relation, our organizations takes deliberate steps toward healthy habits and self-awareness.

Five actions to take this week to build resilient mental health habits.

For many newsrooms, changing the systems that protect unhealthy culture could be a few sustained decisions away from reality.