Why does nobody talk about setting a hard 'no work' hour on your calendar, even when you're swamped?

I mean, I blocked out 4pm to 5pm last Tuesday as 'closed' and actually stuck to it, which felt impossible, but I ended up taking a walk and coming back to solve a problem that had me stuck all morning.

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4 Comments

caseya741mo ago

Honestly, it just sounds like making a simple choice. If you're truly swamped, you probably need the time to actually work, not block it off. That walk could have just been ten minutes away from your desk, not a whole scheduled hour. It feels like overthinking a basic break.

jade_king1mo ago

Ten minutes? My last walk took an hour!

jamesc7915d ago

Wait, is nobody going to mention that a one hour walk means you must have one heck of a commute to the bathroom or something? Sounds like you live in a mansion, jade_king. But seriously, everyone's focusing on the scheduling part and missing that sometimes a longer walk is just a better break. You can't clear your head in ten minutes if you're really stressed out, that's just a fact. Maybe the real issue is pretending a short walk does the same thing as a long one, they're totally different breathers.

ray6431mo ago

Scheduled breaks are the only way they actually happen for some people. The whole point is to force yourself to stop working when you'd otherwise just grind nonstop. Calling it overthinking just misses why people need to do it in the first place. It's not about the walk, it's about making a rule you can't break.