Newsletter 7
Links and Ressources about Taking a Break
"a lot of studies are showing that the more of our life we devote to work and the longer we work at one stretch, the less efficient we become at it, we makes us need to work more at it...."
Your prefrontal cortex is the part of your brain involved in:
-setting goals
-staying focused
-staying calm
-making a plan
-taking decisions
Give it a break from these things. Top of the list
Downtime is an opportunity for the brain to make sense of what it has recently learned, to surface fundamental unresolved tensions in our lives and to swivel its powers of reflection away from the external world toward itself.
If you prefer reading instead of watching a video, here are a couple of very interesting articles on the subject.
12 reasons why your brain NEEDS a vacation | Daily Mail Online
Why You Need to Give Your Brain a Break - The Best Brain Possible
How Do Work Breaks Help Your Brain? 5 Surprising Answers | Psychology Today
Brief diversions vastly improve focus, researchers find -- ScienceDaily
Health Benefits of Taking Breaks | Right as Rain by UW Medicine