The TinyTimeouts blog

• Best free Chrome extensions for break reminders, compared honestly
  An honest look at free Chrome break-reminder extensions like eyeCare and LookAway — what they do well, and the one gap that keeps breaks from happening.
• How often should you take breaks from your desk? What research actually says
  Research points to a short break roughly every 30–60 minutes. Here's the evidence — and how to actually make it happen.
• The 20-20-20 rule: does it actually work, and how do you remember it?
  Every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. Here's the study that finally tested it — and why nobody remembers to do it.
• “Sitting is the new smoking”: what the science really says — and what to do about it
  The slogan overstates it, but the risk is real. What a Columbia lab found about 5-minute walks, and the exact doses that help.
• Why you skip the breaks you plan to take (and the calendar trick that fixes it)
  It's not weak willpower — it's how intentions work. The psychology of implementation intentions, and why calendars beat reminders.
• Low-cost employee wellness perks people actually use (and the ones they ignore)
  Two large randomized trials showed most wellness programs underdeliver. What the evidence says works — without a big budget.
• 12 desk break activities that actually get you out of your chair
  Scrolling in the same chair isn't a break. Twelve specific, quantified out-of-chair activities for 2, 5, and 10-minute breaks.