Doing activities that you enjoy

Here are a few other break activities that may help 

• Going on a nature walk.
• Running outside or visiting the gym at work (if your company has one) or offsite
• Meditating (especially if your office has a relaxation room)
• Reading something fun and not work-related

Simply spending time together doing unimportant and supposedly meaningless activities—reading the paper, listening to music, watching TV, or doing laundry—can be more important to the health of a relationship than talking about feelings. 

It could be taking a walk outside, petting your dog, meditating, baking, drawing, organizing your closet, listening to a podcast or anything else you enjoy that alleviates stress.

You can make a list of such activities when you’re feeling pretty good, so that when you feel burnt out — w...