<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f847ff8f-998e-4d61-a05b-f1586a8ece05/72DF82E1-7C30-4A1C-AF8D-AB8A64EB3037/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/" href="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/" style="font-size: 11px;">brightdays.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brightdays.wordpress.com/img/2DA2B9DB-6B6D-44C0-B0DB-938CBFBE99C7" alt="earthly-paradise.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/"><B>Talk about anything but work.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/">Talk to friends and coworkers all you like - just don’t talk about work.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/"><B>Close your eyes and take 10 deep breathes.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/"><B>Stretch the stiffness out. </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/">Stretch the kinks from your neck and back. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/"><B>Eat a healthy snack.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/">Munch an apple, drink some water or have a handful of nuts.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/"><B>Play your Nintendo Gameboy or PSP.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/"><B>Listen to a guided meditation.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/">Buy a CD with several 10-minute short meditations on it and listen to one each day. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/"><B>Play time.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brightdays.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/break-time-10-great-ideas-to-help-you-relax-at-work/">Keep a super bouncy ball, a paddle ball (with the ball on the string), bubbles or a pack of cards in a special drawer. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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