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Punctuating Your Time with Breaks

Punctuation in grammar enables us to insert ideas in a sentence, slow things down, and show where appropriate breaks should occur when we read something. Punctuating enables us to put a wide variety of ideas together and yet understand and possibly even enjoy them all.

If you have ever read EE Cummings poetry, you immediately see and feel the impact of limited or no punctuation.

Punctuating your time with small breaks can also help us to slow things down and better appreciate what is happening in between the punctuation.

Without punctuating our time with small breaks, the days zoom by so quickly we hardly know what happened during the day and it is already time to go to bed in the evening. Yes, it is true, days of that type are exciting. They also make the days and weeks pass by so quickly that we hardly know what has occurred in our lives.

What are small breaks you can take? Some suggestions follow, though I encourage you to make a list of your own small breaks. You don't have to do them all. But do something every day.

1) It's spring time. Find a bird's nest, or some other natural miracle, and check on it once today.

2) If you can't see the sky from inside your building, go outdoors a couple of times today and note the changes in the atmosphere.

3) Take 3 minutes to enjoy today's sunset.

4) Make a conscious effort to smile at someone four times today.

5) Check in on your breathing five times today, and notice how good it feels to take in a nice deep breath of air.

Next week choose five other small things you can do. Begin the week with Monday experiencing your small break once. By the time you get to Friday, experience your break five times. You'll need the additional breaks as the week speeds by.

Janelle Barlow, President
TMI, US

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#2	Daily Plans and Home Offices
#3	Result Statements
#4	Reading and Responding to E-Mail
#5	Sending E-Mail
#6	Filing According to Key Areas
#7	Setting up Files for the Whole Office
#8	Controlling Loose Pieces of Paper
#9	The Value of Time
#10	More on Results Statements
#11	Managing Time on the Road
#12	How to Get Time with Someone
#13	The Downside of Goals
#14	Thinking Types and Time
#15	Feeling Types and Time
#16	Intuitive Types and Time
#17	Sensate Types and Time
#18	What's Real about Strategic Planning?
#19	What Does Being Strategic Really Mean?
#20	How Perception of Time Influences Goal Choices
#21	The Four Immutable Laws of Controlling Your Desk
#22	Decision Making and Cultural Groups
#23	Paperless Office: Fact or Fiction?
#24	Exit Planning
#25	Speed: Does It Free Up More Time?
#26	Time in the 21st Century
#27	Open Office Plans
#28	The Costs of E-Mail
#29	How Do Senior Level People Manage Their Time?
#30	On Saving Time
#31	Paying the Ultimate Price with Time By Not Getting Enough Sleep
#32	Telecommuting and Productivity
#33	How Much Is Your Time Worth?
#34	Goal Setting and Change
#35	Making Career Decisions
#36	Controlling the Volume of Paper
#37	The Soul Catcher and Time Management
#38	Goals and Team Work
#39	Negotiate Better Goals for Yourself!
#40	Efficiency: A Plague or a Blessing?
#41	Computers and Time
#42	Culture and Time
#43	Performance: Getting What You Reinforce

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