Good 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.

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.

1. Walk or exercise.
2. Connect with nature...or a streetscape.
3. Change your environment.
4. Have lunch or a healthy snack.
5. Take a “power nap”.
6. Take a few deep breaths.
7. Daydream.
8. Get creative like drawing or even doodling.
9. Drink coffee (or tea). Sipping coffee can be a mindful pleasure in itself.