microbreaks were a common part of our lives when the world wasn’t remote. In the office we had microbreaks when transitioning from office room to office room. Or students when transitioning from classroom to the next classroom. These microbreaks have decreased or become non-existant. Blocked scheduling has become mainstream where its incentivized to have back to back meetings so focus time can be allocated later. However, the blocked schedled, and constant switching of attention has lead to Zoom fatigue. From the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick, Professors Thomas Hill shares: “the constant swtich of attention from topic to topic, from meeting to meeting, with fewer breaks, fewer chances to get up and walk about can be tiring.”
in a digital world, bring back the habits of having natural microbreaks. Be mindful when scheduling meetings with your colleagues, give them 5 minutes to rest their mind. When on dates, be aware that the person in front of you is trying their best but may be warn out.
bring back microbreaks.
