How Do Work Breaks Help Your Brain? 5 Surprising Answers
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Why You Should Take Breaks
- “Movement breaks” are essential for your physical and emotional health. A 5-minute walkabout break every hour can improve your health and well-being.
- Breaks can prevent “decision fatigue. Decision fatigue can lead to simplistic decision-making and procrastination.
- Breaks restore motivation, especially for long-term goals. "Deactivating and reactivating your goals allows you to stay focused."
- Breaks increase productivity and creativity. It refreshes the mind, replenishes your mental resources, and helps you become more creative.
- “Waking rest” helps consolidate memories and improve learning. During a rest period, it appears that the brain reviews and ingrains what it previously learned.
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When Not to Take a Break
When you are in a state of “flow” it is not good to take a break.
“Flow” is characterized by complete absorption in the task, seemingly effortless concentration, and pleasure in the task itself.
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Good Breaks
A “good break” will give that goal-oriented Prefrontal Cortex of yours a good rest by switching brain activity to another area.
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Refresh and recharge your mind
- Walk or exercise.
- Connect with nature...or a streetscape.
- Change your environment.
- Have lunch or a healthy snack.
- Take a “power nap”.
- Take a few deep breaths.
- Daydream.
- Get creative like drawing or even doodling.
- Drink coffee (or tea). Sipping coffee can be a mindful pleasure in itself.
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