10 WFH Breaktime Activities

Do you work from home and suffer from random bouts of boredom and mental block? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! While work-from-home professionals enjoy many perks with their flexible work setup, it doesn’t mean that it’s always going to be a good thing. But you can improve your work life with these ten breaktime activities! 

Even luxury real estate brand, Brittany Corporation implemented remote work for most of their employees. For luxury real estate professionals, a work-from-home setup is not new. Their team of brilliant marketing officers and real estate agents, Brittany Salesforce, have already adapted to this kind of work setup and have maximized their productivity to continue exemplary work. 

However, even with their dedication to work, Brittany Salesforce also knows how to destress during their breaks. It has been scientifically proven that taking intermittent breaks during work or even studying proved to boost the productivity of workers and students as shown in this 2011 Illinois study. Diversion from work can effectively prevent a decrease in concentration over time. Work effectively all throughout the day with these ten simple breaktime activities.

Indoor activities work-from-home professionals can do during breaktime. | Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

Meditation 

A lot of people are dubious about the benefits of guided meditation, which is why very few are practicing it in their everyday lives. However, it is not only about sitting down and closing your eyes. There are a lot of benefits when you do daily meditations. It calms the mind and rebalances your thoughts. 

In fact, studies show that guided meditation can even boost productivity and improve your efficiency when you work. Working often causes a lot of stress to build up even without you realizing it. This can affect how you think and react to the situation you are in. It can even cause physical problems such as fatigue, dizziness, and slow metabolism. 

The most common symptoms of stress are Irritability and a slow thought process. These can definitely be a hindrance when you work especially for real estate agents. But you can help lower your stress even with a short meditation each day. Brittany Salesforce are also practicing guided meditation when they can so they continue to be at their best condition, ready to provide excellent service.

For a work-from-home professional, it is recommended to practice mindfulness and focused meditation as it can boost your productivity! If you feel like you’re up for it, find a quiet space where you are comfortable and meditate during your break time.

Suggested Read: Why Remote Work Should be Normalized | Brittany Corporation

Indoor gardening is a rewarding activity that helps promote mental wellness. | Photo by Teona Swift from Pexels

Indoor Gardening

If you want a quick relief from your work, tend to some indoor plants! Gardening is one of the easiest and most rewarding indoor activities you can do in your breaktime. It also has a lot of benefits for your mental health. For work-from-home professionals, seeing vibrant green plants effectively increases their productivity. 

This research conducted in United Kingdom and Netherlands shows that productivity has increased up to 15% when they added plants in their offices. A touch of vibrant green in the work area can boost the concentration of workers, leading to better outcomes. Its many benefits also include improved air quality and of course, a touch of life in your home. This is perfect breaktime activities!

Suggested Read: 8 Essentials to Increase Productivity | Brittany Corporation

Virtual Dates and Meetings

Just because you work from home doesn’t mean you don’t get to enjoy a thriving social life. If you need a quick break from the monotony of your work, catch up with your friends and loved ones! Set a quick virtual date or even host quick online parties during your break time. 

This is just one of the many perks of technology and working remotely. You can always reach your friends and loved ones no matter the time and place with video calls. This is just one of the many benefits of technology which Brittany Salesforce takes advantage of. With virtual meetings, talking with their team and clients is now easier and more convenient. 

It can even save you money as you don’t have to spend with a virtual date. Cook at home, open a bottle of wine, and put on some background music. Talking to people eases the weight of a heavy workload. It can also lower stress levels and even give you more motivation to work better.

Something as simple as baking and cooking can be a rewarding activity to do during your break time from work. | Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

Baking and Cooking

Baking and cooking may seem like mundane household chores, but you can still derive pleasure and satisfaction if you do them as a recreational activity. When you cook or bake during your break time, you are essentially refreshing your mind.

A change of environment and activity resets your flow of thoughts and can even effectively get you out of a rut. More importantly, you can enjoy the treat you cooked or baked after! You can also try making these sumptuous holiday treat recipes.

Reading

Reading is one of the most beneficial activities you can do during your break time. Whether you’re a fan or romance or action novels, you can never go wrong with picking up a good book during your break. It is even better if you enjoy reading research and news especially about the latest trends in the economy.

Brittany Salesforce luxury real estate agents, make it a habit to stay updated to the latest events especially in the real estate industry. It not only helps expand their knowledge, reading also ensures that they are always up to date so they are ready to assist clients when needed. For this team of motivated young professionals, reading is essential not only to relax but also to keep providing excellent service.

Even just 30 minutes of reading is found to improve your mood and reduce stress. From this research, they proved that that reading can alleviate stress as it lowers blood pressure, heart rate, and calms the mind. Reading even has long-term benefits for you as it is scientifically-proven to enhance brain activity over time and improves its ability to process thoughts, movements, and sensations.

Quick catch-up of your favorite series and movies is a great way to take a break from work and refresh your mind. | Photo by Anastasia Shuraeva from Pexels

Quick Series and Movie Catch-Ups

Just sitting and working all day long can have its drawbacks especially if you don’t manage your time well to also enjoy other activities all throughout the day. Make sure you take a break and get away from your laptop or pc from time to time. One of the best ways you can relax during a quick break time is by catching up with your favorite series or movies.

Check the new releases of international and local movies on Netflix. You can even discover interesting TV series, especially popular K-Dramas, which have been garnering a lot of attention nowadays. Watching movies or videos provides momentary relief for your mind, which has been working all day long.

Declutter

One of the tricks to boosting your productivity is to always have a neat and organized workstation. Having less clutter on your desk can lessen your stress and even improve your concentration. Decluttering also gives you a feeling of having control and being organized. 

There are many ways you can declutter. You can organize your desk and get rid of the things you don’t need so you can focus better during work. You can also declutter a lot of things in your home, even your closet or kitchen appliances. Or you can tackle thousands of unopened emails and delete all those that are not important. This can be therapeutic breaktime activities!

Listen to Music

Listening to music is arguably not as exciting compared to other recreational activities, but it has a lot of good effects for your mental and physical state. Listening to your favorite kind of music alleviates stress and improves your mood. You can even dance along to the music, which is a better use of your break time as physical activities can reduce lethargy.

Work-from-home professionals can enjoy a good cup of coffee or tea during breaktime. | Photo by Ron Lach from Pexels

Coffee or Tea Break

One of the most luxurious ways you can spend your break time is by making yourself a cup of coffee and tea and enjoying every sip of it. If you want to elevate this experience, try making coffee from scratch using ground coffee beans and your favorite syrup. You can even make famous Starbucks drinks at home with your own ingredients. Other than the distinct taste of tea and coffee their scent is another aspect that you will be able to enjoy. Even the process of making coffee and tea is something that you can take pleasure from. Relax as breaktime activities.

Internet Surf

The easiest and most common activity work-from-home professionals do during their break time is to surf the internet and check their social media accounts. With the volume of data that you can access online, you will never run out of things to watch and read. Even your social media account feed will give you endless posts you can check out. Just make sure you don’t lose track of time when browsing on social media!

In the new normal, the line between home life and career blurs especially with remote work becoming normalized. But this is not necessarily a bad thing especially for those who prefer to work from home. These indoor activities, as simple as they are, can maximize your productivity, while also improving your lifestyle.

Brittany Salesforce, with their dedication to provide excellent service to the most prestigious clients in the country, employs these tricks that help them work more effectively. You can also be part of this amazing team of motivated individuals. They are looking for goal-oriented real estate agents and skilled community artists who are willing to be part of their team. Visit their career opportunities page to know more.

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