Sometimes the pop culture we love just teens hits differently in retrospect.

Maybe it's a tabloid story we couldn't get enough of or an illicit student-teacher relationship

on our favorite show. We're Suzy Banna-Karim and Jessica Bennett,

posts of the new podcast in retrospect, where each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from

the past that shaped us and probably you to try to understand what it taught us about the world

and our place in it. You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years.

Listen to in retrospect on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite shows.

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Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to take a better break today. Everyone takes breaks during the work day

whether they think they do or not. So if you are going to take a break at some point today,

why not make it as rejuvenating and wonderful as possible.

In some lines of work, breaks are formally built-in. When I worked in a fast food restaurant

many years ago, an eight-hour shift was scheduled over nine hours because the working hours

came with two 15-minute breaks and one 30-minute break. My co-workers and I all took our 15-minute

breaks that set staggered times to make sure enough people were manning the kitchen and the registers.

I imagine many people listening to this podcast work in slightly different ways.

Breaks aren't so formally structured in your line of work. You work for a while and then you do

something different that isn't necessarily the core of your job until you resume work again.

When I have observed people and discussed their schedules, I've noticed that these breaks often

start unintentionally. Maybe you are working on a report and mean to ask your colleague about

something you hope to include. You pop over to your inbox to send a note. Then in your inbox,

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