Appreciation post: the 15 minute timer trick that got me out of my 2 hour lunch break slump

Betty Kelly · 2026-09-30T05:40:03.944169+00:00

I work remote for a health insurance company in Columbus and my afternoons were getting wrecked because I was taking these long wandering breaks and coming back foggy. My sister who is a nurse told me to set a timer for 15 minutes and use every minute of it (walk, eat, whatever) instead of grazing at my desk for 2 hours. It sounds dumb but I got 3 extra hours of real focus back per day and finished a backlog that was sitting on my plate since April. Has anyone else had a break rule that sounded silly but actually stuck?

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