Comments on: Down time http://midlifebloggers.com/2006/05/02/down-time/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ratphooey http://midlifebloggers.com/2006/05/02/down-time/comment-page-1/#comment-4154 ratphooey Wed, 03 May 2006 17:07:39 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/2006/05/02/down-time/#comment-4154 <p>Eat a snack of protein with complex carb at about 2:30.</p> <p>Make sure you are getting enough of those things at lunch, too.</p> Eat a snack of protein with complex carb at about 2:30.

Make sure you are getting enough of those things at lunch, too.

]]> By: writerwench http://midlifebloggers.com/2006/05/02/down-time/comment-page-1/#comment-4153 writerwench Wed, 03 May 2006 14:03:34 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/2006/05/02/down-time/#comment-4153 <p>Ahhhh... the Dreaded 3pm Death-slot... I struggled with that for many years. The only thing I found helped even slightly was strong mints - Altoids or something like that - but the urge to put head down and drift off for a few minutes was almost overwhelming. </p> <p>A light lunch, a walk at lunchtime in the fresh air, and scheduling a coffee-break into my day at 3pm were helpful. But I don't know a single office worker (I've only ever worked in offices) who didn't agree that around 3pm they would cheerfully have lain down on the floor under their desks just to be allowed half an hour's kip.</p> Ahhhh… the Dreaded 3pm Death-slot… I struggled with that for many years. The only thing I found helped even slightly was strong mints – Altoids or something like that – but the urge to put head down and drift off for a few minutes was almost overwhelming.

A light lunch, a walk at lunchtime in the fresh air, and scheduling a coffee-break into my day at 3pm were helpful. But I don’t know a single office worker (I’ve only ever worked in offices) who didn’t agree that around 3pm they would cheerfully have lain down on the floor under their desks just to be allowed half an hour’s kip.

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