Workers across the world trying to increase the number of hours but skipping lunch are actually reducing their efficiency. Researches in Wales have found that employees are trying to juggle their personal and work-related tasks during lunch breaks and accomplish less of both.

Alan Price, of Peninsula, said, “With the emergence of email communication and online networking sites, employees are combining eating at the desk during the lunch period with completing work and surfing the net, and with an increase in the amount of employees who have access to the internet, the reasons to leave the office are slipping away.

It’s good advice to set limits around your personal work when you’re at the office to keep your mind focused, and to let your mind wander outside of the office for at least 30 minutes per day. The human brain actually processes a lot of information as we daydream. Sounds like the perfect thing to do on a Friday!

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A new study finds that taking 5-15 minute time out to let your brain wander can actually make your brain get some work done.

Your brain may actually be processing important issues that aren’t relevant at that immediate moment.

Further more, napping for about 20 minutes a day on the couch may look lazy but be good for your body.

Napping does a mind and body good. A 15- to 20-minute snooze can make you more alert and energized and improve your stamina, and longer naps can even help you learn and retain information better, according to research by Sarah Mednick, Ph.D.

The brain wave patterns generated while daydreaming are almost identical of those people produce when meditating. People often wonder what the experience of  meditation is like - it’s very similar to those times you wander of and can’t remember the passage of time.

The techniques described above give your conscious mind a break and let you relax while your brain processes other information you can’t be bothered with.