Favorites for tea breaks?
When you work from home, it can be hard to remember to take breaks–when you work in an office, breaks are easy. There’s the water cooler gossip you need to catch up on. The tasks that you’re procrastinating on (so you just have to stop by someone else’s workstation). Sure, now that you work alone, you probably enjoy the lack of office politics, but they did serve a purpose–they got you away from your desk for a few minutes at a time.
But, when you work from home, especially when you run your own business, you can feel glued to your desk. Not only does your energy flag, but your productivity and creativity can both suffer if you don’t take breaks.
So, today we’d love to hear your favorite break traditions. Do you enjoy breaking at 2 for tea and a magazine? Do you break when the kids come home for some milk and cookies? Does the dog demand a daily walk at 4 that gets you off the computer and out into the neighborhood?
Share what takes you away from your desk regularly–and if you aren’t taking enough breaks, why not share a new break-taking strategy you’ll be putting into place?
Real Simple and Chai tea, every day at 2:30 before the kids come bursting through the door from the bus. It’s my much-needed me time.
I use my Mileta machine to make a yummy latte, grab the book I’m reading, and head out to the sunroom for fifteen minutes or so of completely indulgent reading. Fiction only, please. (And usually its a trashy romance.) Gets my mind off work and is such a luxury.
The dogs and I head out for a long walk mid-afternoon. I come back to the office feeling refreshed and ready to work for another hour or two.