Sometimes you have to sit and wait. You might have 15 minutes before a meeting so you don’t want to start anything that you can only work on for 15 minutes and then have to stop. Or you might be waiting for the dryer to finish drying your load of laundry and there’s not much else you have to do until the clothes are dry. Or you just need a few minutes to clear your head and you don’t smoke, so what do you do for a 15 minutes break in the day?

Well, I play a quick game on the computer. I have my favorites but I’m always willing to try something new and see if I am any good at it. Fifteen minutes is just about right to play a game and forget about the world at hand. You focus on shooting targets or gobbling up pacman dots or whatever, and when you are done you can take a deep breath and jump back into your work with a clear mind and a better attitude.