If You Can’t Take a Vacation, Get the Most Out of Minibreaks

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If you can't swing a real vacation, incorporate minibreaks into your day.

of taking time off. What if they are replaced? Seen as irresponsible? What if their colleagues and competitors outperform them or somehow take over? What if major problems happen while they are away? What if their bosses question their commitment? As for employers, they appreciate that their employees check in while on vacation and are only an email away.

As Worline explained to me, “We all need to unplug now and then! In fact, we come back better able to perform when we allow adequate breaks, and there’s a good deal of evidence that shows this across very different kinds of industries.” This is true especially when work demands are high – which is also when professionals might be least likely to give themselves a break.

On weekends, however, leave micro-breaks behind and make sure to take full advantage of two full days of rest for maximum recovery. As UK researchertold me, “Well-being tends to be worse on a first rest day compared to the second rest day, and when shiftworkers return to work their satisfaction is higher following two days off rather than one rest day. So this really does suggest the value of a ‘weekend’ break.

 

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So long as the cost of a meetings is hidden, they’ll continue to suck. A company will refuse to spend $200 on an app for annemployee but sees no problem holding a 2 hour meeting with 5 people who cost on avg $200/hr. A meeting that could have been an email. 😞

Is this minibreaks similar to Podomoro techique?

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Quit

N/A in Europe where time spent away from work is in large quantities.

Nope. TAKE THE VACATION. even if it’s a week.

Take a vacation, you will be better for it.

Gross.

Sometimes you have to work with what you have.

I loved harvard

I had to read that three times to make sure it wasn't an Onion post... Are you serious?

Mid day toilet wackaroonie break.

Why isn't your link redirecting to the weingart wifi?

Lol, wow,

We’re all for small breaks, it’s literally what we help people do in the workplace, but this isn’t a substitute for a vacation. burnout

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