Comments on: Take 5 minutes to breathe

By: Will

Will — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:35:28 +0000

Thanks for the reminder Andy! I’ve been taking small time outs for the past few months and it works wonders. I find being deliberate about it helps - I turn off my phone, take off my watch, put my laptop to sleep and leave them in the office, then head outside! Physically leaving things behind is a great mental release…!

By: Y. Steven

Y. Steven — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:32:23 +0000

I would like to add my tips here

Its so nice if you decide to take a breath especially when you had bad or busy days. Sometimes its works if you walk alone in the street or sitting in the park alone, it just gives you a relief to every problem you are getting into.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:28:05 +0000

I recommend not eating lunch at your desk. For the last year I have brown bagged my lunch so I can enjoy the savings elsewhere, but in the last month I took advantage of getting away from my desk and going outside. I find it very relaxing to just sit back on green grass and enjoy a bright sunny day. Ok I am in Arizona for those suffering the big chill. But I see so many people get thier lunch and keep working and I wa caught in that loop but now realize I am not paid to work through lunch so why should I not find a way to improve myself during that hour.

Oh and I recommend an MP3 player with music, no audio books. It helps to get your mind off work.

By: Revue de presse | Simple Entrepreneur

Revue de presse | Simple Entrepreneur — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:06:49 +0000

[...] Take 5 minutes to breathe Nous vivons dans un monde sans temps morts, où il faut être disponible 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7. Mais il est peut-être préférable de se déconnecter de cette réalité quelques instants, pour repartir ensuite de plus belle. [...]

By: jim

jim — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:23:51 +0000

I take breaks throughout the day just to rest my eyes, rest my mind. I work from home so sometimes I load the dishwasher, vacuum the carpet, do some home stuff that doesn’t require any thinking but gets me moving. I find that after a reboot, my brain has the opportunity to approach problems from a different perspective (or at least not having been burdened by the fatigue of facing that problem for hours).

By: jtGraphic

jtGraphic — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:50:04 +0000

I’m curious why we can’t comment on the newest article? I was just going to comment:

Seeing stories like this can always keep us optimistic. When we’re feeling like we’ve hit bottom, we should always realize that someone has it worse, and if someone else has it worse, what do we have to complain about…really?

By: Alexander Dombroff

Alexander Dombroff — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:42:59 +0000

Taking 5 minutes and trying not to do anything would make me fall asleep!

By: tom

tom — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:28:31 +0000

I will check out the post you recomended.

I don’t think its just prioritizing but also having common sense.

I was commenting on another blog today about debt to income ratio. And I wonder why people that make say 50K, or 100K household, buy 30K cars and 300K+ houses.

What are they doing to do when shit happens? Live on the street?

Congratulations, because everyone did it, you did it too, with no common sense.
So if everyone said jump, you would do it too.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:50:02 +0000

Tom - thanks for your comment. Prioritizing those things in life that are most important is very difficult in our society. It is a sad commentary if all that drives us is our passion for material wealth and we lose our identity. Check out my post on giving, I think it is one of the best ways to help us prioritize that which is important.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:46:37 +0000

Totally agree. We have a basketball team at work as well, good teamwork and physical exercise.