Take breaks to avoid breakage Save article Remove saved article

We work too much. More accurately, we work too many hours without a break. We no longer take time away from our work day, in the mistaken belief (commonly called a “delusion”) that labouring without respite is more productive. We do this despite all evidence to the contrary.

In the field of problem solving, there is the concept of “incubation,” the demonstrated phenomenon that when we walk away from a problem and do something else