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Psychologists and business scholars have recently started studying the most effective ways to relax during a workday and pointed to some ways to sustain your energy levels.
It’s extremely tempting, especially when we’re tired, to spend breaks doing things that are convenient, but aren’t truly restful. This might be internet shopping, browsing the latest news, or skimming an industry magazine. However, studies show that brief work breaks are only genuinely rejuvenating when they give you the chance to fully switch off. By contrast, any kind of activity that involves willpower or concentration, even if it’s not in a work context, is only going to add to your fatigue levels.
The researchers coded the work break activities as relaxing (such as daydreaming or stretching), as nutrition-based (grabbing a coffee),social (chatting with colleagues), or cognitive (reading newspapers or checkinge mails).
Result shows that only relaxation and social break activities had any benefit. Cognitive activities such as online shopping and news browsing, during work breaks actually made fatigue worse, likely because reading websites or checking emails taxes many of the same mental processes that we use when we’re working.
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