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Take Back Your Lunch

It's hard to take a break for lunch—to physically leave your desk, go out and eat with your co-workers—because a lot of us are overburden with work. 

But as we've mention before, staying at your desk for lunch is bad for you. Stepping away from the desk is not only good for your physical health, it's good for your mental health, as well. 

Now there's a new movement to help workers get back on track. Every Wednesday during the summer workers are encouraged to take a collective lunch break. 

The Energy Project created Take Back Your Lunch in order for you to "step away from your desk, turn off your phone (if you dare) and commit to a lunch hour of renewal. Go to the park with friends, take a jog, read a book. You'll be re-energized and refueled to tackle the rest of the day."

Sounds great. Who wants to join me for lunch Wednesday?

Conversation (1)
  • thom singer June 14, 2011

    Taking time for lunch... and eating (or jogging, walking, etc...) with another person also helps you with establishing and cultivating relationships in your network.  So many people who got laid off during the recession had trouble finding jobs because they had not business network to help them link to the next job.  They saw those with networks find jobs faster.  With that, who would not take time to forge networking connections?  Layoffs will come again, and this time you will be ready if you invest time to get to know others better.   

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