A short multi-speaker conversation about practical strategies for beating stress and burnout, emphasizing frequent short breaks and periodic short getaways. Speakers—restaurant staff—describe living at/behind their workplace and using regular two-day trips and an annual longer trip to recharge.
How do you guys deal with stress?
We try and.
Take a lot of little breaks, you know.
You guys are good about that. You guys are one of my favorite members who would take like little short, little getaways. Like you jump off to that resort, you take a little time off. Yeah, you guys are great about that.
Yeah. Because we. We live at the back of the restaurant, so there's a home at the back of our restaurant. You know, it's a big property. You know what I mean? And so we have to get away and we try and you know, do a Europe thing once a year and probably once a month. We probably get away for two days sort of thing. Two or three days. You know, sometimes it's every second week we get away, you know, for just like two days. Away is like two weeks break. Yeah.
Last week we went into Melbourne, into the city of Melbourne, which is a beautiful city, even in winter. And we were just walking along the main river that goes through town and the sun was warm, you know, on your back and you go, yeah. This is because it's not moung. It's just. And we're very familiar with the town and went to a couple of fabulous restaurants and. Yeah. And you do you come back and you feel like you've been away for a week.
Yeah, a little recharge is always nice. Y. Yeah.
Yeah.
So we, we sort of keep that really regular.
I would say that's kind of your self care routine is that you guys take time away to spend with each other and just like enjoy each other's company and enjoy like other cities and food and.
If your restaurant only works because you work 80 hours a week, it doesn't work.
