Optimize Downtime: The Big List of Ideas to Relax Faster
This post is all about how to relax faster so that you can actually spend your downtime on relaxing activities.
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Take Breaks Like a Power Lifter to Really Recharge
We've talked a lot about our natural need to take breaks, allowing us time to give our brains a mini recharge before moving on to the next task. Many of us do this by checking our Facebook pages, heading over to BuzzFeed or another online time suck. It turns out...
Surviving and Thriving After My Mom's Cancer Diagnosis and Death, Part 2
Note: This series is an exploration of my own grief in the wake of my mom's cancer diagnosis and ultimate death on June 24, 2013. Skip to the TL;DR section at the end for the takeaways if you're not in the mood for a long read. In the first...
15 Ways to Reset Your Creativity
I talk a lot about the importance of unplugging to recharge your productivity and reset your creativity, but not all of us have the luxury of working from home at a schedule we set. Here's a list of ways, both big and small, to hit the proverbial reset button. * Unplug...
5 Routines to Add to Your Workday for Max Productivity
Many successful people are creatures of habit in some way; these routines to add to your workday are sure to crank up your productivity. Add one of these in each week until they all become intuitive. 1. Batch process email. Carve out two periods in your day dedicated to email...
Recharge on the Fly With a 10-Minute Nap
New research indicates that a 10-minute nap is the ideal way to recharge our energy and calm our brains. Has the classic power nap taken a Ridiculously Efficient twist? Perhaps. Australian researchers asked 24 young adults to take naps of 5, 10, 20 and 30 minutes and then tracked various...