 Hi, I'm George Cowan. In this short video, I'm here to remind you that whenever you're at your computer or whenever you're using your mobile device to remember to take breaks frequently. These devices, your laptop, your computer, your mobile devices, the website you go to, they have been designed to keep you there as long as possible. And what that tends to do is throw off your physical balance in terms of your well-being and sometimes your emotional balance as well. So please, please, a couple of great reasons to the reasons to take a break is one is to protect your eyesight. Facebook is not going to protect your eyesight for you. Google is not. The games you may be playing on your mobile device, they're not going to protect your eyesight. They've been designed, if anything, to keep you right again to keep you there as long as possible, which will destroy your eyesight. So you have to consciously take a stand and say that, oh my God, every time you touch a computer, you are allowing very carefully, scientifically designed device to keep you there as long as possible. So you got to find a way to take breaks. I recommend taking a break once every 30 to 45 minutes. It's really nice rhythm. Remember that sometimes you might think, well, I'm in a flow. I'm being really creative, really productive right now. I shouldn't take a break. But the irony is when you take a break, when you get up and move, literally you are getting perspective physically from the distance. But what's interesting is that metaphorically, mentally you're also getting perspective. Because when you physically move, your thinking also moves. The brain also moves. And you'll find yourself being more creative over time as you build breaks into your day. The other important reason to take frequent breaks is to prevent repetitive stress injury. A couple years ago, I started noticing that there was some tingling sensations in my wrists and occasional shoots of pain in my arm. And I got pretty scared. I said, oh my gosh, okay. So I looked this up, found that it was the beginnings of RSI, repetitive stress injury. So I started taking lots of breaks. And I built in, I started using free apps, which I'll put some links in the notes of this video to some free apps that you can download and use to remind you to take breaks. But once I started doing that, guess what? My RSI never developed. It went up. You could say it went away or never really developed, even though I started showing symptoms of it. So it's possible to reverse those effects if you really take care of yourself. And the other thing about taking breaks frequently is emotional balance. If you're in a trance at the computer for long periods of time, you can get it become emotionally imbalanced and that can have a negative effect on your relationships. So lots of great reasons to take breaks. Do what you need to do. Remember that devices you're using are designed to not let you be physically healthy. They've been designed to keep you there. So you have to take a stand. You have to make a decision today to say, I need to do whatever I possibly can. Whether it's using a free software to remind you or asking a friend or a coach to remind you or to check in with you about that. Take frequent breaks. So until the next video, I wish you well and I wish you consciousness as you use your devices. Take care.