Re:The Benefits of a Lunch Hour Walk
by walkamages on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @05:54PM
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I was just remarking to a colleague today how beneficial a lunchtime walk really is. The walk provided:
1. Fresh air
2. Exercise
3. A chance for the eyes to change focal range from the fixed distance of the shitty monitors work provides.
4. A chance to take a brief phone call from a recruitment agent to discuss a better job
5. A chance meeting of an old colleague I had not seen for nearly twenty years as he also took a walk.
6. I was away from the desk when the boss had a crappy task so someone else had to do it.
7. I found a new coffee shop I will revisit
8. I solved a long running problem by being able to walk and think
9. I am sure the stress levels were reduced!
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Depends where you are. If you are outside a big city in the US, then you can't even walk anywhere unless you like walking on roads and highways.
Re:The Benefits of a Lunch Hour Walk
by strathmeyer on Thursday January 22, 2015 @10:29AM
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You think if there are fewer roads that you are forced to walk along them??
I assume that he means along as in "on the roadway" rather than "along" as "following the road, but on a sidewalk".
Seems more a downside of some locations, than of lunchtime walking per se?
Also gets digestion going if you had a heavy lunch...
Re:The Benefits of a Lunch Hour Walk
by antoaravinth on Thursday January 22, 2015 @11:16AM
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The point :
> A chance for the eyes to change focal range from the fixed distance of the shitty monitors work provides.
is followed by me daily. I have a cute nice wallpaper hanging behind my pc. Every say 10 minute, I change my vision to point to the wall-paper from regular pc vision.
After following this, I haven't faced any eye stress. Really helped me.
Anyone follows over here?