The psychological importance of wasting time
This is one of the main reasons I've stopped taking lunch at my desk. I cheat a bit, eat my lunch right before my long break while I'm getting to a stopping point, then put on my headphones, leave my desk, and wander around our campus for an hour on foot.<p>The music relaxes me and doesn't let me focus on any surrounding snippets of conversation, and I just let my mind wander along with my feet as I traverse our campus with no particular destination. (Our "office building" was originally an old mall, so it's huge and spacious.) This is surprisingly refreshing, and I usually find that I arrive at my desk energized mentally by the end of the hour.