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Here is something most people can do that will have great impact on your overall health: take a walking break at work. Besides the health benefits it will help you clear your head and possibly find a solution to that problem, get some sun, chat with a co-worker about life, etc....

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I take five minute walking breaks almost every hour. What really helps is to take a slow, leisurely pace, as though you were on vacation strolling through a park and observing the environment around you. At least for me going for a walk at my normal (i.e. fast) pace does not help to clear my head, and I suspect that is true for others too.

I used to hang out with the smokers at my last job. I don't smoke, but I found leaving and coming back to a problem helped me approach it in new ways. I used to always joke that the smoking employees were "cheating", so I could cheat too. Obviously I'd advocate walking over smoking though.

And you got the second hand smoke for free, double cheating!

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