Take a Break and Improve Your Work Life
Are you the office martyr? Are you the person who comes in early, then doesn’t even leave their desk to take a proper lunch break? Do you then stay late, not even squeezing in a quick coffee break in the afternoon? Do you look at all your colleagues going out for lunch and feel slightly superior. You are far too busy to take a break and you must be the best worker there, if you don’t take any rest breaks during the day, right?
Well no, that is where you are completely wrong! Your colleagues who take a break are all doing the right thing. They take breaks, then they come back to their desks with energy (their lungs are full of oxygen from being outside). They also have rested their eyes and refocused on other things apart from a computer screen. Their brains are rested and they have also had a chance to squeeze in a little bit of exercise by a quick walk in a nearby park or down the High Street.
So they come back to their desks refreshed and then they can work with vigour and with energy. But you? Well you are tired because your brain is fatigued, your eyes are tired and you are also getting just a little tired of that martyr routine.
In other words, by sitting at your desk all the time, you aren’t actually doing yourself any favours. Even your manager probably notices that you don’t take breaks and s/he knows that this will mean you are less productive. It doesn’t matter if you are a temp working for a recruitment agency or a permanent member of staff: you still need a break.
The only option for you now is to start breaking the habits of a lifetime and start taking time out in every working day, just to have a lunch break, a couple of breaks for coffee and a chance to stretch your legs. You will find that your eyes, body and brain are much more energised if you do this. So stop being a martyr and instead, get more productive, by taking a break!
