NOVEMBER 2023 GLENFIELD GAZETTE online
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<strong>NOVEMBER</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>GLENFIELD</strong> <strong>GAZETTE</strong><br />
In 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO)<br />
officially recognised ‘burnout’ as an occupational<br />
phenomenon resulting from “chronic workplace<br />
stress that has not been successfully managed”.<br />
The distinction between work-related stress<br />
and burnout is in the word ‘chronic’. While<br />
stressors come and go, burnout is a state of<br />
complete physical and emotional exhaustion.<br />
The symptoms range from constant fatigue to<br />
self-doubt and procrastination.<br />
Noticing the signs is the first step. Ask yourself:<br />
Have you become irritable or impatient?<br />
Do you lack the energy to be productive?<br />
Do you feel dissatisfied or disillusioned<br />
when you think about your job?<br />
Are you finding it hard to sleep?<br />
Are you overeating for comfort<br />
or not eating at all?<br />
Solutions<br />
• Simply noticing our feelings is the first step<br />
to recovery. Practising mindfulness is a way<br />
of pressing pause and allowing ourselves to<br />
return to a baseline sense of calm.<br />
• Support from your manager or guidance<br />
from colleagues or friends can help you<br />
cope. Many workplaces offer access to an<br />
Employee Assistance Programme, which you<br />
can use for free, confidential support.<br />
• Saying ‘no’ to requests or meetings you don’t<br />
have the time or energy for could be the<br />
difference between a packed schedule and<br />
an open one, or between working long hours<br />
and hitting deadlines without stress.<br />
Setting more personal boundaries can free up<br />
both your work and personal life and reduce<br />
feelings of burnout.<br />
Santa’s Route<br />
Around Glenfield<br />
NEW REVISED Route 1<br />
Fri 1st December <strong>2023</strong><br />
starts 5.30 pm<br />
Start at Park House - left onto<br />
Stamford Street – right onto Station<br />
Road – right onto slip road – right<br />
onto Sandown Road – left onto<br />
Dorset Avenue – left onto Loxley<br />
Road – left onto Glenfield Frith<br />
Drive – left onto Faire Road – right<br />
onto Fairfield Crescent – right onto<br />
Glenfield Frith Drive – left onto<br />
Clovelly Road leading into Salcombe<br />
Drive – left onto Glenfield Frith<br />
Drive leading into Chestnut Road –<br />
right onto Stamford Street - return<br />
to Park House.<br />
Route 2<br />
Wed 6th December <strong>2023</strong> starts 5.30 pm<br />
Start at the Shell Garage – Left on to Groby Road – Left on to Overdale Avenue – Continue on<br />
to Branting Hill Avenue – Turn right to the road traffic island and right on the A50 – Left on to<br />
Gynsill Lane – Right on to Nursery Rise – return to Park House via Station Road.<br />
NEW REVISED Route 3<br />
Fri 8th December <strong>2023</strong> starts 5.30 pm<br />
Start at Park House – right onto Stamford Street – across roundabout onto Dominion Road<br />
– right onto Unity Road – right onto Glenfield Crescent – left onto Alliance Road leading onto<br />
Jubilee Road – right onto Prince Albert Drive and across to Treaty Road – left onto Liberty<br />
Road – left onto Triumph Road – right onto Tournament Road – right onto Dominion Road –<br />
left onto Liberty Road – left onto Sports Road – left onto Unity Road – right onto Dominion<br />
Road leading onto Stamford Street - return to Park House.<br />
NEW REVISED Route 4<br />
Wed 13th December <strong>2023</strong> starts 5.30 pm<br />
Start at Park House - right onto Stamford Street – right onto Park Drive - left on to Somerset<br />
Drive - left onto Elm Tree Avenue - left onto Kirby Road - left onto Birch Lane - left onto Slate<br />
Walk Way and proceed all the way up – right onto Goldworkings Close – dogleg onto Stanley<br />
Avenue- right onto Birch Lane - right onto Kirby Road into Main Street and The Square –<br />
return to Park House.<br />
Please help us by keeping the routes as clear as possible of<br />
parked vehicles – thank you<br />
The best time to exercise, if you<br />
want to lose weight<br />
THE TWO-HOUR window between 7am and 9am is the<br />
best time to go running or ‘work out’, if you want to lose<br />
weight.<br />
A recent study by scientists at Franklin Pierce University has found that<br />
early morning exercise can help you lose weight more easily, reduce your<br />
BMI, and slim down your waist. It is thought that the ‘fasted state’ after<br />
you wake up could be the reason for this weight loss edge.<br />
As one assistant professor of exercise physiology explains: “Exercise can<br />
burn fat and glucose,” Dr Ma said. “After an overnight fast, the glucose<br />
stored in our body is low. Therefore, when we exercise our muscles are<br />
likely to burn more fat.” He recommends 40 minutes of aerobic exercise<br />
before breakfast, such as running or biking.<br />
The findings have been published in Obesity, The Obesity Society’s (TOS) journal.<br />
Christmas Lights Switch On<br />
light up at 7.00 pm<br />
FRIDAY 24th <strong>NOVEMBER</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
PARK HOUSE, STAMFORD STREET, LE3 8DL<br />
Meet Santa and MRS CLAUS<br />
REFRESHMENTS IN THE MEMORIAL HALL FROM 6.30 PM and CAROLS WITH THE RATBY BAND<br />
The quickest way to make a red light turn green is to try to find something in the glove compartment.