Being Productive After Menopause

Productivity at work is very important for everybody. You need to be productive in order to be competitive. There are thousands of productivity tips out there: how to organize yourself, how to manage your time effectively, etc.  But how do you organize yourself efficiently when your not sleeping enough because of recent insomnia? Or every noise is so distracting that you cannot concentrate on your work?  Or your memory is not as good as before?  Will productivity tips about how to manage your time work?

I think no matter how you organize yourself you probably won’t be able to function at your maximum capacity.  Not because you are not organized, but because of the other factors that have taken over your life.

And when you are in meopause, this is exactly what happens. Your job doesn’t change. Your bosses, your family, your needs don’t change, but the way you function does, and it can affect your life adversely and severely.

Because you are in menopause and you are lacking hormone necessary to function efficiently. The most important women’s productivity hormone is estrogen.  It maintains memory, energy and productivity level and participates in mood regulation.  In menopause estrogen usually declines after a progesterone drop. Estrogen loss is responsible for hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia and memory decline.

So what are the productivity tips for women in menopause? The most practical way to restore your functions is to replace lost estrogen. Let it work as it is supposed to work. Let nature do its job. And when you get enough sleep, when you are free of hot flashes, when your memory is as sharp as before, you will be productive.

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