Make Use Of Your Lunch Hour

It is a continuous surprise to me that people don't make more of their lunch hour. Most people seem to while away their time, reading news not really achieving much.

A lunch hour constitutes one twenty forth of your day. If you sleep for 8 hours each night then your lunch hour makes up 1 sixteenth of you waking hours. Don't waste it.

First bring your lunch to work so you don't have to queue to get food. That way you can quickly eat your lunch and then get onto other stuff. For Instance you could

1. Run errands. If possible run errands during your lunch hour rather than saving them up for the weekend. Weekend time is more important then lunch hours.
2. Learn something new, either via a book, audio or Internet. With Internet enabled phones you can watch video tutorials from YouTube. A new language or learning to draw are easily doable during you lunch hour. You may be surprised how fast you progress if you work on something everyday
3. Exercise, it is always hard to fit in enough exercise so use you lunch hour to get a little bit of exercise done. Whether it is a run or just walk in the park, taking exercise at lunch time it a great way to keep that fitness regime going
4. Take time to be on your own. Often in our busy life we forget how nice it is to be on our own. Whether you head out to a park to be lay in the sun or just sit quietly in a coffee shop. Being on your own is relaxing.
5. Work on your blog or other internet business. If work is fairly liberal in there views of internet usage you can type posts. Other take a note pad and work on drafts the old way using a pen and paper, even if it is to only brain storm ideas.

Obviously there is often a social part to the lunch hour and you don't want to become alienated from your peers. If you work in a place where this could happen then do alternate days of doing you own thing and socialising with your peers. It may also be an indication that you might want to consider a different job or career, see item 2 above :)