#think break

I love convolution reverb, but THIS is just another STUPID and Bad demo

Eric Ravenscraft, Lifehacker, Jan. 10, 2016

The day-to-day life is where you live, but over the long term it’s easy to lose focus. Every once in a while, give yourself a day or so to stop everything, think, and refocus on what your long-term goals are.

As productivity site A Life of Productivity points out, most of us need time to step away from the series of daily tasks that all lead into each other to look at the long-term trends of our lives. Microsoft founder Bill Gates takes a week off from work every year to detach, think, and get a different perspective. Most of us likely can’t afford to ditch work for no other reason than to think about our work, but a day is reasonably doable:

When you step back to think hard about what’s most important in your work, and invest in your knowledge and skills--whether by acquiring new knowledge, firing up Lynda.com to learn something new, or having coffee with people you want to learn from--you level up in your work to work smarter, instead of just harder. The ritual pays for itself.