不要浪費午休時間:午休時要做的14件事(一)

What you do during your midday break might vary depending on your job, company culture or personal priorities—but the experts agree all workers should try to do these things during lunch hour:

你在午休時做什麼也許和你從事的工作、企業文化和個人事務的輕重緩急有關，但是專家建議所有員工在午休時都應該做以下事情：

1、Make a plan.

1、制定計劃。

Don’t squander your lunch break because it’s ‘free time’. Time is a non-renewable resource, wherever you are, whatever the time of day. Try your best to plan it out and make the most of should also plan your activities immediately after lunch. Giving thought to how you prioritize and schedule events in the afternoon can maximize your productivity.

不要因爲午休是自由時間就去浪費它。無論你身處何地，身在何時，時間是一種不可再生資源。試着最大限度地利用你的午休時間來制定一個好計劃。你還需要爲午休後的活動做一下安排。想一想下午的時候要如何安排工作的先後順序，這樣有利於你最大地提高效率。

2、Take a real break.

2、真正地休息。

Breaking from work for 60 seconds to chow down your lunch at your desk doesn’t count. In order to get a period of true respite, the time has to involve an actual break from work. Try not to check your e-mail, bring work with you or talk about work during lunch.

只花60秒鐘在辦公桌上狼吞虎嚥下你的午餐並不是真正地休息。要想真正地獲得喘息，你就需要確實地離開工作一段時間。不要去查看你的電子郵件，不要隨身攜帶工作，也不要在吃午飯時聊工作。

3、Get up from your desk or work space.

3、離開你的辦公桌或辦公區域。

Staying at your desk is a big no-no. There are more and more reports on the dangers of sitting too long, so even just getting up to walk to another room to eat is important, or better still, getting outside for some fresh air and a quick walk can do wonders for the body and spirit.

午休時坐在辦公桌前是絕對的大禁忌。有越來愈多的報告已經證實了久坐的危害，所以即使只是站起來走一走，走到另一件房間去吃飯也是很重要的。或者更好一點，到室外去呼吸一下新鮮空氣，快速地散散步，都對你的身心是很有幫助的。

4、Eat.

4、吃東西。

Don’t try to be a hero and starve yourself for the sake of being a hard worker or checking off another “to-do” item. You’ll pay for it later when you can’t concentrate and throw your body off balance.

不要想着當英雄，把餓着肚子努力工作或者邊吃邊做事當成是理所當然。當你稍後沒辦法集中精力工作或者把自己的身體搞壞了你就會吃到苦頭了。

5、Enjoy your food.

5、享受食物。

Lunch should be about having lunch. Treat yourself to something you enjoy that fits with your diet. If you have a favorite place or a particular food you enjoy make sure to go and enjoy it at least once a week. You only live once.

午飯時間就是要吃午飯。在午飯時間就吃點自己喜歡吃的食物。如果你有特別喜歡的餐館或者食物，那就去享受這些你喜歡的食物吧，至少每週去吃一次，畢竟人生不會重來。

6、Do what you can’t do in the morning or evening.

6、做那些早晚無法去做的事情。

Some errands—like going to the Post Office or the bank—must be handled during work hours. Be strategic and use your lunch break to accomplish some of those personal errands that can’t be handled before or after work.

一些瑣事，比如去郵局或去銀行，這些事必須要在工作時間才能去做。戰略性地在午休時間安排這些事情，把無法在上班前或下班後去做的事情放到午休時間來做。

7、Use the time to connect with someone new.

7、去結識新朋友。

Our workplace interactions can be so fleeting that we really never actually get to know the people we spend most of our days with. When you don’t really know those you interact with it’s easy to dehumanize them and take them for granted. Take some time to get out of the office, grab a sit down lunch, and get to know your co-workers.

工作中的交流都是來去匆匆，所以我們很少有機會真正地認識工作中的夥伴。當你無法真正瞭解你的同事時，你就很容易忽視他們的感情並認爲這樣是理所當然的。花點時間走出辦公室，找個地方坐下來吃頓午飯，好好認識一下你的同事。