12 Ways To Have A Quick Escape In The Office

Why shouldn’t you take a break to play a game of tic-tac-toe or plan your next vacation? Break better with KitKat™.

1. Entertain your brain with a quick five-minute podcast.

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Try some of these out:

• Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

• Stuff Mom Never Told You

• History in Five Minutes

2. Get lost in some relaxing landscape videos.

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If the view from your office window is getting a bit stale, plug in some headphones filled with calming sounds and watch some gorgeous and relaxing nature videos (or just the previews).

3. Watch live streams of adorable animals.

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Having a rough day or feeling stuck in a rut? Research has proven that looking at cute fluffy animals can actually improve your productivity and increase your focus. Check out some of these live-streaming furballs to help boost your mood.

4. Play tic-tac-toe or hangman with your desk mate.

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Taking a break from your work bubble to interact IRL with the folks around you is a great way to reboot. Playing a game will help stimulate a different part of your brain.

5. Learn some common phrases in a foreign language.

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Always gotta be prepared for a spontaneous European vacation, right? Peruse a site that makes learning a new language easy, and physically write down your learnings in a notebook!

6. Have a five-minute email challenge with your co-workers.

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Here are the rules:

• Someone picks a topic or challenge (find the cutest animal, find the most bizarre local restaurant, find the best travel deal, etc.)

• Everyone has four minutes to search and submit

• The initiator of the challenge then picks a winner

• That winner gets to chose the topic/challenge for the next day

BONUS: Buy a goofy trophy to pass around between winners.

7. Keep a journal for doodles, daydreams, and random thoughts.

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Besides the brain benefits of doodling, breaking from the computer to put your pen to paper to express your inner thoughts, hilarious observations, and big ideas is a great way to remove yourself from "work you" and stay in touch with "you you".

8. Do absolutely nothing for a couple minutes.

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When you're feeling stressed, sometimes the best thing to do is nothing for two minutes. Use these two quick minutes to give your eyes a break by looking off into the distance, and do nothing.

9. Add to that bucket list.

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Take your mind off of work, and think about why you're putting in the work now — to help you do the big things (and appreciate the simpler things) that you dream of doing in your life. A few minutes of thoughtful introspection can put a lot of things into perspective.

10. Plan your next vacation.

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After all the hard work you've been doing, you deserve it. Plus, it will motivate you to keep working hard, knowing there is a sweet vacation on the horizon!

11. Look up recipes online to cook for dessert tonight.

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There's always time for dessert! Look forward to coming home with a delicious recipe printed out for a home-cooked dessert. If it's extra good, you might even consider bringing it to work the next day to earn a few points with the entire department. ;)

12. Take a good old-fashioned walk outside.

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The benefits of taking a break outside of your office are aplenty; not only are you getting some circulation in them bones, you're giving your mind a new, natural way to get stimulated. Try walking a different route every time, and soak up the changes.

Disconnect, relax, and take a break with KitKat™.

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