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« on: March 20, 2006, 07:08:39 pm » |
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Sitting in your office having a not so great day, how do you take that mental break to re focus and get your day back on track?
I have a picture of my kids when I am just frustrated, I just look at thier picture and forget about everything for a bit.
Taking a walk and stretching seems to help as well.
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diamondlady
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2006, 07:30:01 pm » |
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Walking definetley helps. Then of course, there is stopping in here once in a while for a much needed break. Since most times I work through break time, I will pop in and out here quite often in between hot projects. Diamondlady Peer Moderator  |
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bluefire21
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2006, 08:08:20 pm » |
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Ok, I'm going to post this, but I don't want any lectures. When I need a mental break, I step outside and ...GASP!... smoke. I might have 1 or 2 a day here at the office, one before my day starts at home, and one when I get home to unwind from the day. If that doesn't work, then I use a mental image learned here at DD.
Ellen (picture that person under water...) in TX
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tiffanyctd
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2006, 08:11:27 pm » |
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I grab some water and go hang out in the gazebo outside. Most of the time, I'll grab someone else, and we can vent to each other. Half the time, I forget what I was so PO'ed about in the first place.
Tif
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countrigal
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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2006, 09:40:39 pm » |
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My mental breaks include stopping in here for a chance to "visit" with friends, or thinking about my kids -- got plenty of their pictures to help me out there -- and if none of them work, then I try to visit with a co-worker for a moment to share woes, or simply try to change jobs so I'm still getting something done but it may not be as mind-numbing (or, alternatively, as mind-stressing) depending on how the day "isn't so great", especially if one job involves contact with people and another one does not. Of course, if it's a certain person who's caused the day to take a turn for the worse, I can always use some of the visualizations given out here at DD... the under-water one, or my favorite Xeena Office Warrior.  CountriGal
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bluefire21
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2006, 10:00:33 pm » |
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I forgot about Xeena. I'll have to use that one next time.
Ellen (Mental break? Don't you have to have a mind for that?) in TX
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misslynn
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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2006, 03:08:42 am » |
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I work in the very back of my office, not a big deal on Mondays when everyone is in the office, but the rest of the week I'm all alone. When I need a break, I'll walk up to the front to visit with the girls up there. I have pictures of friends and family, sometimes I'll stop and just look at those, sometimes I'll take a moment to talk to my fish (I have a beta fish at my desk).
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2006, 10:45:34 am » |
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Go out at lunchtime for some retail therapy or even lunch with a friend. If I can't do any of those, I would usually email a friend just to get something off my chest.
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dettu
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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2006, 04:47:54 pm » |
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I have lots of ways--my favorite is to either have a chat or an email exchange with a friend who works in another department. Yesterday I really needed a break in a big way, so I convinced him to go to lunch with me. He always makes me laugh.
And of course, there's always the internet. I like to read the website Overheard Office for a quick break...
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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2006, 05:42:52 pm » |
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I too have several things that I do to take a mental break. I do my indoor "gardening" (I have a nice collection of plants which need attention now and then), root around in DD, check out one or two of my favourite websites. If it is lunchtime, then I go for my regular route march in the area where I work (I take my music player with me and listen to whatever is my favourite thing as I stomp along. I have been known to sing as well, so if anyone hears strains of "Ring of Fire" in SE1 then it's probably me  ). I also have a "happy file" which I add to from time to time. It contains all sorts of jokes I have collected from newspapers and our humour forum here in DD, and thank-you letters and cards that I receive from the members of my employing organisation. If something goes really pear-shaped, then I look in my happy file. Raindance |
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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2006, 06:49:46 pm » |
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I used to smoke, well not just smoke but chain smoke when the old stress levels went up but I am now officially a non-smoker. I was really chuffed yesterday when I went to see my Smoking Cessation guy for the last time and he presented me with a certificate saying I was now a non-smoker. Edited by diamondlady on 12/04/06 07:19 PM. |
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Jackie G
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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2006, 07:39:36 pm » |
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Well done! If you live in the UK, especially Scotland, you've more motivation to give up with the introduction of the smoking ban. England gets it soon - not soon enough. It's working well here! Jackie, Peer Moderator www.iqps.org |
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diamondlady
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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2006, 08:43:29 pm » |
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NY State has a smoking ban in all public resturants and office buildings, and bars as well. I must admit it's much nicer that way for everyone. Only fault I have is that the smokers will congregate in the worst places, by the back door, and accumulate smoke. We had to change the smoking location to further away from the doors, and are only allowed to smoke by the doors in nasty weather. When travelling to other states where this is not practiced, you definetley notice it more. Coming from a Non-smoker. Diamondlady Peer Moderator |
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