You may have multiple tasks on your hands now and you want to finish them in a timely manner.
But hold on!
Under this circumstance, you become highly susceptible to some common mistakes. One technique that works extremely well to help you increase your productivity and reduce the chances of making mistakes is to sit at your desk and do nothing for a couple of minutes. When you have symptoms like drifting or daydreaming, it’s a signal that you should take a break before letting yourself reach the absolute bottom of your mental barrel.
Do nothing for 2 minutes
Donothingfor2minutes is a site that asks you to just relax and listen to waves for 2 minutes. There is only one rule, DO NOT touch your mouse or keyboard for 2 minutes. I immediately failed at the first few seconds on my first try. Click the following image and you can try it out yourself.
If you find that 2 minutes are not enough for you to relax from your tight schedule, you can go to Calm.com, which gives you a 10 minute version of doing nothing.
Happy relaxing!
Featured photo credit: Young businessman relaxing at his desk via Shutterstock
What an awesome place to visit! Thanks for sharing it. I find that Nature is the best way to reconnect with our inner selves and achieve the peace we’re meant to enjoy in life. What is all the hustle and bustle for anyway?
Totally. Especially for those living in city.
Love it! I am finishing up a third book in my series – “Tips and Tools for the Therapeutic Toolbox.” I think I will put your 2 minute tip and link in the section on mindfulness – I would love to include a quote from you on why you think this exercise is helpful and why you decided to do this! Could you give me one here or message me? Thanks – Judy Belmont
Thanks for loving the post! The reason why I wrote this post is to remind the others “To Stay Schedule, Take a Break.” our mind need to take a break in order to function well :P
Like this!.. It’s productive to take break between work.
True, no one can work non-stop but still perform well :P
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So cool!!!! I have shared the two links to my friends. The sound sends you to a relax, calm state. I just love Lifehack!!! :P
Awesome, thanks for the heads up! This site reminded me of another site I discovered recently: http://calm.com
It’s much like Donothingfor2minutes, but with some extra settings and the option for audio guidance.
Oh, derp. Just noticed that Calm.com was mentioned in the article :|
Amazing.. it's so essential to take breaks.. in between work.. as most of the ideas come just on those break moments.