18 workplace distractions that make us happy
Accept it, no matter how busy your day gets, there’s always time to squeeze in some happy distractions. Right?
I mean, I always set my expected time of delivering work keeping in mind there is enough time for timepass (Dear God, let my boss never find out).
Now, whether these distractions let you slip into the best day-dreams or help you relax in some way, trust me, we all need some fun when others are not looking.
Let me know if you do any of these on the sly :
1# Googling flight tickets to absolutely unaffordable places like you were adding final touches to an already-planned holiday
2# Checking out the quaintest Airbnbs around the world and imagining yourself in one of those pictures
3# Stalking your best friend’s second-cousin’s neighbour’s school friend, who turned out to be a late bloomer, and wondering how time has just zipped past
4# Getting drawn into a WhatsApp conversation on a group that is never active otherwise. Imagine your luck!
5# Playing Candy Crush Saga! Now, we all know, there are two types of people in this world — those that play Candy Crush and those that don’t. Where do you fit in?
6# Checking out who viewed your Linkedin profile with the curiosity of a cat. As if Linkedin was a dating site!
7# Ah, waiting for a right swipe on your dating profile
8# Answering questions on Quora like you are paid to participate in other people’s concerns. Who knows, maybe you are!
9# Watching ‘funny cat and dog videos’, by that exact keyword search, I mean
10# Looking up the fanciest clothes on ASOS, Polyvore, Net-A-Porter, Etsy and cursing your luck if you are in a country where they charge to deliver
11# While you are at it, you also look at currency conversion rates. Right?
12# Finding those two-minute recipes on the internet and promising to yourself your dinner menu needs upgrade
13# Opening your favourite online grocery store site to shop for the gourmet ingredients and giving up the plans as the reality of price points hits you
14# Texting your partner ‘Hey, what’s up baby?’ to get a reply ‘Busy. In Meeting’ and, of course, an occasional ‘Thinking of you’ followed by ‘Did you pay the bills?’.
15# Then there are usual suspects like the never-ending smoke breaks!
16# Quick round of gossips on your all-girls office chat group. We all have one, right?
17# A selfie when colleagues are not watching
18# And, of course, long loo breaks because you are taking Instagram-worthy bathroom selfies
WAIT, WHAT!
You NEVER had time for any of this at work? Is it just me?
Damn, I didn’t mean to give you any ideas.
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