Office desk is a place where you spend most of your time in a day. You often take breaks in office, but what do you actually do?? Sip coffee or tea or go for a smoke? Or just crib about the burden of work you got to do? Have you ever thought what all interesting things you can do in your breaks rather than munching snacks, sipping endless cups of coffee/tea and making unnecessary calls?
Here are 10 interesting things you can do in your office breaks:
Eat a healthy snack: You spend nine to twelve hours daily in office. Just munching snacks and sipping coffee are not good options during breaks. Opt instead for healthy snacks like fruits salads, boiled sprouts or simply popcorn apart from your lunch. All these are healthy options that can energize you and keep you alert all day long.
Read a newspaper or magazine: Constant working on laptops and desktops can be stressful to your body. What you can simply do is, read a newspaper or a magazine and catch up on the latest gupshup. This will enliven your mind and will be completely relaxing.
Stretch yourself: Do simple stretching exercises while you are at your desk. This will not only unwind your body but will also activate your thinking nerves.
Listen to music: Music, as they say, is the best stress buster! Simply listen to your favourite songs on your iPod or mobile phone. Make sure you don’t disturb anybody while doing so.
Take a stroll: Sitting at one place for too long can be monotonous not only for your mind but for your body as well. A better option will be to take a stroll downstairs to unwind.
Tidy your desk: Tidying one's desk is one of the most useful and constructive activities one can do in the break time. Get rid of those unwanted files that are piling up on your desk, clean your desk of unnecessary papers that are occupying most of your tablespace and don't forget, 'A clean desk is the first step towards an uncluttered mind!'
Play mind games: Solving puzzles and Sudoku can tickle your thinking nerves and keep you away from work related stress. If there is a recreation room in your office, make sure you use it. Remember not to devote too much time on these, as that can affect your work.
Get onto Twitter: Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! Need we say anything else? Go twittering and blog in only 140 characters as your break hardly allows you too much time, right?
Meditate: Meditation in office can calm you and keep you away from workload. Someting as simple and easy as closing your eyes for 5 minutes and deep breathing can relax you. While you are taking deep breaths, concentrate on your breathing. This will not divert your mind.
Socialize: Sometimes, walking upto your colleague and talking on almost anything under the sun, ranging from your kid's pranks, your maid who is constantly on leave, the office colleague you can't stand, the latest movie you saw, is truly unwinding. Remember not to disturb others.
All the above mentioned things are best done during breaks for optimum and positive results. It would be wise, if you don’t let these activities affect your productivity in work.
