Brainwave Coaching

The lost lunch hour

Come on hands up how many of you actually take a lunch hour? A full hour, away from your desk? Yeah, I thought so not many of you at all.

So what has happened to our lunch hour? You may well ask!

It’s obvious that this traditional timeout in the middle of the day to refuel and recharge your batteries has gone AWOL; instead of us returning refreshed to our work for the afternoon shift of meetings, emails or battling our way across town to our next appointment it seems we just keep going till we leave for the evening!

There’s so many excuses we can use as to why we don’t stop for lunch: too much work, don’t eat lunch, making up time to leave early or take time off in lieu, need to prove yourself in a new job or worried about losing your job and need to put in plenty of face time! Nowhere to go nothing to do – that’s exactly the point!

It’s time to reclaim your lunch hour!

I recently worked for an organisation where you had to take your full lunch hour every day; at first I found this quite hard for all the reasons that we’ve already stated, but I soon got used to the idea and was surprised at the difference that it made to the rest of the working day.

So what can you do in your lunch hour?

• Well the obvious thing is have lunch you need to keep your energy up especially if you are heading off to the gym or working late.
• Read a good book – escape into another world
• Get outside for some fresh air (can also be a good opportunity to get away from your colleagues or the boss!)
• Do you have a rest/staff room – it’s really important to take a break from your work area
• Lunchtime exercise class or swim – believe it or not this can be really invigorating and great stress relief
• What about a lunch time lecture or talk? Google it and find lots of options

Just found this website http://www.bbblh.co.uk/  bring back Britain’s lunch hour!

So no excuses it’s your lunch hour use it wisely!