How small chores can break up the day and improve focus when working from home
ABCIf you've ever hung out a load of washing while working from home, we have some good news. Why it's important to incorporate mini breaks into your day Ms Clements says during our working hours, we need at least a 20-minute break — which could consist of two 10-minute intervals or four five-minute intervals throughout the day — to let our brains do something mindless. Rachel Clements says people have reported feeling more in control of their lives if they are able to do small tasks such as hanging the washing while working from home. "It has benefits from two perspectives … I can go and hang the washing out for 10 minutes and I feel really good because I feel as if I've got a little bit of personal life-work balance; and I've had a micro-booster break and now I can go back online and concentrate for my next meeting." "A lot of people that we're speaking to say, 'I feel a perceived sense of being feeling in control of my whole life if I can work from home and put a load of washing on and just get one little chore done,'" Ms Clements says.
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