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Poll: My ideal 15-minute break includes: ناشر الموضوع: ProZ.com Staff
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X) 
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| Food! Actually more than one... | Feb 16, 2017 |
...but not at the same time. Unless it's raining, I always break in the afternoon to take a walk with my dog. I might play a short online game. Tea sometimes. I wouldn't dare take a short nap because it would be too hard to wake up.
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Lingua 5B
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| Walk + snack & coffee | Feb 16, 2017 |
In this order exactly. When I say a snack it's probably something small, sweet and cute like a cake or a piece of chocolate.
Can't believe the TV option, would someone really enjoy watching TV after hours spent in front of the computer screen?
[Edited at 2017-02-16 08:28 GMT]
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Ricki Farn
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... to the nearest tree to hide some nuts for the squirrels. Then watching the fur stains ooze down the tree trunk to retrieve them - from a safe distance. How bundles of sheer muscle and teeth can look cute, is beyond me, but they do.
Chris S, your answer made me LOL for its sheer unexpectedness Now would that be a good marketing slogan for ProZ or not?
(Why do the damn smilies cause linebreaks?)
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Michael Harris
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I do not take 15 minute breaks
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| Housework... | Feb 16, 2017 |
Hoovering, dusting, window cleaning, laundry, dishwasher... Gets me up and away from the desk, moving, clears my mind from the translation, and often that horrible sentence that caused me to take a break in the first instance suddenly seems easier to understand when I get back to the desk.
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KHALDUN ALQAYSI
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| Coffee or Tea socialize on Internet | Feb 16, 2017 |
Interesting is this topic.
I may grab a coffee or surf internet randomly to break with the routine.
This depends on the urgency of the trasnaltion assignment.
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Getting outside is basic for me... Just sitting outside in the sun with a cup of tea and a newspaper (while the kids are at school, of course)
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| Come, come now | Feb 16, 2017 |
Chris S wrote:
Ideal: Sex
Just 15 minutes?
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Julian Holmes wrote:
Chris S wrote:
Ideal: Sex
Just 15 minutes?
in that case, I guess I would take 4 15-min breaks every hour.....
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Jo Macdonald
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| Walking the dog | Feb 16, 2017 |
Chris S wrote:
Ideal: Sex
Too much of a distraction
Best break from work is gym or a walk with the dog.
[Edited at 2017-02-16 11:03 GMT]
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My breaks are not timed. They might last just a few minutes to make an espresso coffee or much longer to take the dog for a walk, to do my shopping or some housework, it all depends on the project at hand and on my mood…
P.S. Ideal break? 15 minutes is not enough for my ideal break: sitting outside near the river or the sea enjoying the sun. The weather is beautiful (blue sky without clouds) today in Lisbon (18 °C/ 64 °F)!
Thanks Chris and Julian for a good laugh!... See more My breaks are not timed. They might last just a few minutes to make an espresso coffee or much longer to take the dog for a walk, to do my shopping or some housework, it all depends on the project at hand and on my mood…
P.S. Ideal break? 15 minutes is not enough for my ideal break: sitting outside near the river or the sea enjoying the sun. The weather is beautiful (blue sky without clouds) today in Lisbon (18 °C/ 64 °F)!
Thanks Chris and Julian for a good laugh!
[Edited at 2017-02-16 14:13 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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The question was about my ideal break, not a real one, wasn't it?)
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| All of the above | Feb 16, 2017 |
...and sex as well, can be good for you. I'm not sure which improves my productivity more though, although I imagine anything that contributes to your general well-being will improve the quality of your work.
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