Once upon a time, workers sat down, relaxed and ate a hearty meal during their lunch hour. That was before the days of always-accessible emails, cell phones and marathon errand lists. All too often these days, our midday breather is foiled by stress, tasks and a never-ending priorities list. On top of that, when we do find a moment to munch, it’s often to speed-eat whatever salty, fatty, high-caloric foods we can get our mitts on. Let’s change that. Here are five ways to make the most of your lunch hour.

So you’re stressed. You search for ways to destress, but realise that you’re too busy and stressed to actually destress. Not destressing makes you more stressed, but giving yourself time to destress just makes you stressed about all the things you ‘should’ be doing instead. Does this exhausting story sound familiar?

How about we take charge of this and go the extra mile... Plastic-Free.

July is the month to challenge yourself, your friends and your family to go plastic-free. The challenge has three sets of plastic-free living, only try your best and be an example to others.

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