Share Our Lives: How I Take A Break

Phew, we've been back from vacation for just over a week now, and I'm finally feeling like I have energy to blog again. It's currently Monday afternoon and I'm taking a break from "Gilmore Girls watching and popcorn eating" with a braces-free Rachel! I'm sitting in our backyard (in the shade, because we're (once again) under a "heat warning"), eating cold pizza, and blogging. Vacation is always so great, but getting back home is even better. We have a very full week ahead of us so I'm going to use this week to catch up on some of the blog parties I missed out on while we were gone, and then next week I'll start posting about our amazing trip to Europe with my parents. Spoiler alert: It was really awesome :)

Today I'm belatedly joining the "Share Our Lives" bloggers to write about "how I take a break." These bloggers are are Sarah, Dara, Joanne, Adrienne, and Jen. (Click on each name to go their blogs.)

There are a few ways I take breaks, depending on the situation. One of my favourite ways is to sit outside with a cold Coke and a book. Or, when the weather doesn't cooperate, to sit under a blanket with hot tea and a book. I don't even need to read for long, just 20-30 minutes helps me to reset. This is what I do almost every day when I get home from work.

 

If I find I'm feeling stressed at work, or foggy headed and unable to concentrate, I will often make myself a cup of tea or go for a quick walk outside. I find temporarily changing my circumstances helps me to reset, especially if I've been sitting for too long.

If I have a longer chunk of time, I do love to sit and watch a Jays game on TV. Sometimes I'm productive while watching (I fold laundry or blog or respond to emails) and sometimes I just make myself a drink and watch the game, or even nap. Watching a whole game on TV is a luxury I don't indulge in very often.

I don't like to admit it, but I also take way too many breaks to scroll randomly on my phone, especially if I'm tired and don't have the energy to do a lot of other things. I'd like to break this habit and I need to make a concerted effort to work on it. I did delete the game on my phone which sucked up a lot of my random time and that has helped with this, but I still need to improve.

 

So that's how I take breaks -- I read, I walk, I scroll on my phone, and it almost always involves a drink of some kind!

 

Thanks to the Share Our Lives bloggers for an interesting topic. I'll be reading the other posts in the link up to see how other people take breaks. Maybe I can find an alternative to "phone scrolling."

 

I'll be back tomorrow to link up with another blog party. It's good to be back :)