Enjoy 10-hour Workdays- Tip 2

Enjoy 10-hour Workdays

Tip #2- Take a break.

Prolonged sitting can increase your risk for diabetes, heart disease, back pain, neck pain and much more. Throughout the day take 2-3 minutes to stand up and stretch or walk the hallway. If you have time, take a 10-minute walk and maybe climb a few flights of stairs. With increased blood flow your brain will receive more oxygen and your quality of work may improve!

Dr. Matthew Sleeth is the author of “24/6: A Prescription for a Healthier, Happier Life.” These excerpts are from an article published by CNN in 2013 (read the full article here- http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/11/health/sleeth-take-day-off/).

CNN: Why do you think taking one day off a week is so important?
Sleeth: We go 24/7 now, and I think it's having health consequences. I think more and more, there's a consensus that it leads to depression and anxiety.

CNN: You write about incorporating a "stop day" into your weekly schedule. How do you think that can extend and enrich your life?
Sleeth: A "stop day" is a day you really cease from your labors. I don't try to define what rest is for a person, but I ask you to figure out what work is for you, and don't do it one day out of the week. A lot of people "go" and never know when it is that they're going to come to rest.

So why should you plan a day of rest each week?
Sleeth: I have many people that I've talked to now that have said that keeping one day of rest a week has been the single best thing they've done for their marriage, their family and their spiritual relationship.