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Taking a Break Doesn't Always Mean Unplugging

Whether you're facing back-to-back video calls or just a non-stop flurry of email, work can leave you in a screen haze unless you make a point of taking periodic, regenerative breaks. As a 2015 article in the Journal of Applied Psychology put it, our professional "energy, motivation and concentration... are like batteries that periodically need recharging."

While you can and should take breaks by stepping away from your devices and screens, you may not always have the time or the autonomy to do so. (In our forthcoming book, Remote, Inc., Robert C. Pozen and I take aim at the 8-hour workday in part because it inhibits remote workers from taking the breaks they need to stay healthy and productive.) But if you choose the right screen-based breaks, they can provide you with similar benefits as the offline variety and help you take more breaks throughout the day. And sometimes technology can also augment a largely screen-free respite. So don't get caught in the trap of what one research team termed "screen guilt": the idea that a break doesn't really count unless you step away from your devices.

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