A.k.a: “Things you can do when you work at home, that you can’t do in a cubicle.”
Such as take a few minutes and get some aerobic exercise when things are slow, or when you’re waiting for data to process/load/index. When you work in a cube, your coworkers might not appreciate that. 😉
Unfortunately, I do believe we are taught the opposite of this. We are expected to work harder and harder and then use our time off to rest so that we can go back and do it some more. It’s all focused on being a good worker, but this study seems to indicate that we are all better off focusing on other parts of our lives during the time we spend away from work. Maybe, just maybe, we are more than our jobs. Maybe when we spend the energy and focus on other parts of our lives enough to plan them out and be intentional about them, we’re happier.
What a concept.
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Oh I don’t know; a departmental aerobic step might be just the thing to burn off any frustrations in the office 🙂
I have an elliptical trainer in my home office, and it *is* nice to have something I can hop on for 5 minutes right next to my desk.