Using your lunch break more effectively!

The importance of breaks in the workplace is to give you downtime to refresh, regain motivation and to refocus. Accept the break times and by concentrating on YOU alone will make you a lot more productive the rest of the day. Breaks will do great things for you if you use them effectively.

Ways to relax in the office:

• First of all this means - NO WORK!! If you have 15 minutes or up to an hour, use this as a designated time to unwind and let all the work pressures go. Sometimes this is as simple as enjoying your meal.
• Meditation- Set a small amount of time to disappear and let all your thoughts vanish. This alone can be enough to remove stress that built  up during the morning and you can approach the afternoon more clearly. You can take this exercise outdoors or to your car if you need a place for privacy.
• Lunchtime power nap- 20 to 30 minutes is right length of time for most people.

Use lunch break to free up time for later:

You can still get things done and not be stressed. Remember you're using time to do things that are helping you.

• Exercise- If you have 45 minutes to an hour, you can  use this time to go to the gym. If you do your workout during your lunch break, you won't find excuses why you can't exercise after work, plus you will gain some extra energy for the afternoon.
• Pay bills- Combine this with a good meal and watch a podcast or YouTube, you can enjoy yourself and do a tedious chore. Again, this frees up your after work schedule thus reducing stress after you get home.
• Give yourself something fun to do- Pick a fun project you've been dying to do or fun new app to explore and you will have a good time, and feel good that you accomplished something.

Don't forget to eat!!

Make lunch more fun by starting a cooking club at work. Enlist 4 colleagues and each of you cook a meal for everyone else one day of the week. Everyday you will have a home cooked meal and now your breaks will become a built in socializing.

So go ahead, make your lunchtime special! Remember to always make enough time for yourself.

Other ideas:

• Go shopping or run errands
• 15-30  minute walk
• Go to nearby park

Submit your lunchtime routines or suggestions!!!!!

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