Recipe for Thriving at Work

As everyone heads back to work this year keep in mind the importance of monitoring your energy and effectiveness levels.Somehow we have lost the art of living slowly and our poor little human bods can't keep up with a relentless and stressful work pace.So first step is to plan your first mini break , now and even better plan your whole year - with enough time for you, your family and your hobbies, so you can keep up the pace and productivity at work.
If you plan to recharge, refresh and renew then you will be on the road to thriving rather than surviving!One colleague set herself a rule to always eat lunch away from her desk last year and recounts that practice alone,helped enormously with a big big year of work.What other tips do people have?