So here are 100 things to do to take a break that do not involve electronics:
1) look out the window
2) lie down and take a nap (I keep a yoga mat in my office just for this)
3) go for a walk
4) brew a cup of tea
5) read a poem
6) write a poem
7) knit
8) stretch
9) stare into space
10) gaze at a favorite photo
11) listen to wind chimes
12) watch birds
13) pet the dog
14) hug someone
15) goof around with your kids
16) sit and do nothing
17) peel an apple
18) strum a guitar (whether or not you know how to play)
19) put on lotion
20) ask someone to rub your neck or feet (preferably someone who knows you well)
21) do a puzzle
22) doodle or draw
23) sit in the sun
24) splash in a puddle
25) stop to talk when you see an acquaintance
26) sort through buttons or beads
27) remember something pleasant
28) imagine being at the beach
29) meditate
30) bounce a ball
31) make paper airplanes
32) read a book
33) eat M&Ms and try to guess their color by their taste
34) rearrange knickknacks
35) play with building blocks
36) turn off the lights
37) watch shadows
38) watch people
39) watch clouds
40) whistle your favorite song
41) take off your shoes and socks
42) water the plants
43) putter around with this and that
44) dance around the room
45) make a pillow fort
46) hide
47) make faces
48) count backwards from 1000
49) walk around the building
50) put a cool compress on your eyes
51) make a paperclip chain
52) juggle
53) use an emery board
54) stand on one foot for a full minute
55) stand on the other foot for another minute
56) listen to the rain
57) sit in the car for a minute
58) peruse greeting cards (remember those?)
59) tell a joke
60) read the comics
61) sit on the porch
62) look at a scene and name every color that you see
63) do a "loves me, loves me not" on a daisy
64) make a chain of dandelions
65) try to make a blade of grass whistle
66) blow bubbles (gum or soap)
67) try to think of 100 of anything
68) hang upside down
69) make an origami crane
70) do 10 pushups and 20 jumping jacks
71) chew gum
72) blow spit balls through a straw
73) color outside the lines
74) try to read something upside down and backwards
75) floss your teeth leisurely and admire yourself
76) tidy up your desk
77) search for four leaf clovers
78) play with the cat
79) watch fish in a tank
80) read something out loud in a British accent
81) sit and talk about nothing in particular
82) make up disgusting sandwich combinations
83) play with clay or sand or stones
84) whittle a piece of soft wood
85) think of 26 similar things that begin with consecutive letters of the alphabet (apple, banana, cantaloupe, ...)
86) look at last year's calendar
87) send a remote control car down the hallway
88) fly a kite
89) sit by a fountain
90) improvise
91) throw snowballs at a wall
92) wave at passersby
93) just stand there
94) count ceiling tiles
95) make up a story
96) count pennies
97) list all your teachers since kindergarten
98) drum out a rhythm
99) look at a map
100) count cars or licenses
Cheers!
