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Take short breaks
- The plan
- When I finish a task, I'll stand up and look out a window before starting the next one.
- How you'll know
- You stood up and looked away from the screen several times a day.
Why
Short breaks gave a small lift in energy and a small drop in tiredness across many studies Albulescu and colleagues, 2022.
If it doesn't fit
Tie it to something that already happens, like refilling your water.
Sources for this page
Albulescu and colleagues (2022). "Give me a break!" A systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy of micro-breaks for increasing well-being and performance.
Pooled analysis of many studies, 22 study samples, 2,335 people: an average across studies; only as good as the studies inside.
What we use: Short breaks gave a small lift in energy and a small drop in tiredness; the effect on work output was not clear.
Checked Oct 11, 2026 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272460 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0272460 · PubMed 36044424