Stop Trying to Hustle Harder PLAN SMARTER INSTEAD
Do you ever wish you could accomplish more in a day? Whether you’re trying to squeeze out as many tasks as possible at work or take care of all of your chores before Sunday, it can feel like you’re always trying to maximize your productivity. But many of us feel like we fall short each day. You may think you just need to regularly refresh your coffee or eliminate every distraction from your mind to improve your productivity, but this only gets you so far. Instead, focus on incorporating strong, simple strategies into your routine. Here are three ideas to help you be as productive as possible, no matter the situation. Put a plan in place. When do you start thinking about what you need to accomplish on any given day? Too often, people wait until they face their work computer or stare at a sink full of dishes to strategize their day. Instead, take some time before you wrap up work to establish your priorities for the following day. Before the
weekend starts, figure out which chores you need to do and the best time to tackle them. Having a plan will increase your likelihood of sticking to it. Stop saying yes. How often do you say “no” to others? Many of us are people pleasers who often agree to requests, even if they exceed our capacity. Saying “yes” all the time will lead to burnout, regardless of whether it’s your boss asking you to complete a project before noon or your friends wanting to go out for the fourth night in a row. Say no, and keep your main priorities at the forefront of your mind. Take regular breaks. You may want to push through all your tasks so you can finally unwind and relax, but this could lengthen the process. Sticking to your responsibilities like glue prevents your body and brain from taking necessary breaks to recalibrate and reset so you can operate at peak performance.
ECONOMIC VS. NON-ECONOMIC DAMAGES
Adding Up Losses After an Injury
After a serious injury due to another person’s carelessness, the first thing that usually shows up isn’t a lawsuit. It’s a stack of bills. Hospital charges, follow-up visits, missed paychecks, and small daily costs all start to pile up while a family is still trying to get its bearings. South Carolina law recognizes these different kinds of losses in severe injury cases and categorizes them into two main buckets: economic and non-economic damages. On the economic side, the law allows injured people to claim the money they have actually lost due to the injury. That can include doctor and hospital charges, follow-up visits, therapy, medication, and home health care. It also covers paychecks that stopped coming in while someone was out of work. In brain injury and other catastrophic cases, a person may never be able to return to the same job or the same hours. The difference between what they could have earned and what they can earn now becomes part of the claim.
South Carolina does not have an automatic dollar cap on these financial losses, though caps on total damages apply to governmental and nonprofit entities. The law tries to account for the real financial burden the injury has created. Non-economic damages focus on different types of losses. They account for things like pain that never stops, emotional distress after a bad accident, or a parent who can no longer pick up a child or enjoy the hobbies that once filled their weekends. No receipt shows these losses, but they are very real. Juries and insurance companies must look at how severe each injury is, how long recovery will take, and whether the changes to daily life are permanent. Generally, non-economic damages aren’t capped, but medical malpractice cases have special rules. South Carolina limits the amount a patient can receive for non-economic harm in those cases, with different limits depending on how
many health care providers are involved. Those limits don’t apply to most other injury cases, such as car wrecks or unsafe premises. Together, economic and non-economic damages tell the story of what was taken from an injured person. When we evaluate a serious case, we look at both because a fair result has to consider more than medical bills alone.
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