<story><title>Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults</title><url>http://annals.org/aim/article/2653704/patterns-sedentary-behavior-mortality-u-s-middle-aged-older-adults</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>swframe2</author><text>I changed my primary work goal 2 years ago.
Now I try to minimize stress as the most important goal of the work day.
I redefined my job; it now is to solve problems in the lowest stressful way.
In other words, my employer is not paying me to kill myself.&lt;p&gt;I walk 10 mins every 1 to 2 hours and use that time to review.
I try to find ways to solve problems in ways that are more fun, easier, and effective.
So to me a 10 min break is a work requirement.
Solving a stressful problem and not reducing the stress first is wrong.
It isn&amp;#x27;t just something I do for my health, it is the way people are supposed to work because it produces much better solutions.&lt;p&gt;After 50 mins working on something very difficult my mind gets so mucked up.
Often I discover a simpler solution during the break and end up getting my work done much faster.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes stress can peak and when that happens I just take a nap until it dissipates. Usually just 30 mins but there are times when it can take an hour or more. Again, I view the nap as doing work because often I wake up with a simpler solution that also has much less stress. If I can&amp;#x27;t find one, then I escalate the issue. Again, it isn&amp;#x27;t my job to absorb stress to the point where it degrades my effectiveness.&lt;p&gt;Please note, I don&amp;#x27;t work on production system being used by 100s of millions of users. I&amp;#x27;ve done it; it was fun; it is not possible to reduce stress in that work so it is not worth the effort. I now make 2x as much and have almost no stress.</text></comment>
<story><title>Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults</title><url>http://annals.org/aim/article/2653704/patterns-sedentary-behavior-mortality-u-s-middle-aged-older-adults</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>overcast</author><text>This should be obvious, however people still refuse to get up, and just walk around every hour for a minute. I spend a silly amount of time behind a computer, but I&amp;#x27;ll do 10-20 pushups &amp;#x2F; jumping jacks, every hour or so. After hours, I&amp;#x27;ll bang out six miles on the hiking trails.&lt;p&gt;Get up, go get a drink, do a lap around the office. Get a stand&amp;#x2F;sit desk. Do some simple exercises. Pushups can be done anywhere, and will alleviate lower back pain.</text></comment>