Why does the mind need a break?

The mess of daily work with the noise of the surrounding environment is easy to make us tired, hard to concentrate and work effectively. At such times, we should give our minds a break to relax, think more thoroughly and come back to 'real life' with an energetic mood.

Leave your daily life:

Relaxing is a refreshing way of thinking.

Professor Adam Galinsky at Northwestern University (USA) said that escaping the familiar environment can help us get a new perspective on daily life. You may find that when asking your friends for advice, their suggestions are often more creative than what you think, and this has been confirmed by science. That's because they stand outside the problem you are having. When you are an insider, it is difficult for you to separate yourself from the problem so you can think about it clearly. Similarly, many people feel the wisdom back to them when they travel because they can look back at life at home from a more objective perspective of outsiders. ' Don't just ask for a vacation, it's important to really leave the place you live, because that's the only way you get a new perspective, ' Galinsky said.

Travel abroad:

If you are able to travel abroad this summer, this is an opportunity to help you think creatively. Professor Galinsky said immersing yourself in another culture will help you come up with new ideas. You may have thought that there was only one way to do something before, but when you get to a strange place, you will notice there are a number of social norms and other practices. Galinsky's research and Associate Professor William Maddux of the INSEAD School of Business Administration (France) show that traveling abroad helps people have an understanding of themselves while at the same time they are better aware that ' Who am I? ' ' If you want to get the benefits of living abroad while traveling, it's important to try to realize the world through the lens of the local people, ' says Galinsky.

Entering the holiday:

You may not need to go abroad to 'refresh ' your mind, just enter your vacation. Ellen Langer, Harvard University Psychology Professor (USA) said that the benefits of the holiday are part of the whole-heartedness. Entering the mind is a concept from Buddhism, which is the main thing that leads to meditation, including awareness of existence and observation in an unintentional way.

Langer and other research groups have found that there are many health and spiritual benefits from getting involved. She said that people often follow a habit of unintentional at work and at home and this habit is only broken when they travel. At that time, people actively explore new things during the holiday, helping the trip become exciting. It is best to prepare yourself a book, a record of new people, objects and events around. Once you get the idea that 'everything is different and interesting' , this will be a valuable souvenir when you return from the holiday.

' I think that when people go on vacation and experience the feeling of bringing their whole mind to life, they will find a way to bring that feeling back to the working days' - Langer concludes.