At a bare minimum, even if you are in the middle of something really important, stand up, take a huge breath, and reach up to the ceiling. The first few times that your stretch reminder pops up, you might be annoyed at the interruption, and you’ll have to make a conscious effort to heed its advice. I took the time to make the reminders specific to movement, stretching, and strengthening activities, spread out during the day.Ĭlick through to check that you set reminders at “0 minutes”, that you will show to others as “available”, and that the appointments are recurring in your calendar. Above we’ve shown 6 unique daily appointments in my schedule. I take lunch every day, but I don’t often stop in the morning or afternoon, so I need 6 reminders. Perhaps you only need to remind yourself with 4-5 appointments per day. noon for lunch, mid morning for a coffee), then you don’t need to set these in your schedule. If your routine involves stopping for breaks at certain times of the day (e.g. If you do this, you won’t need to “Snooze” every hour, and you can set the meetings for the times you actually want to move. Take a few more minutes to set up meetings in your schedule every hour. If you’re like us, it may be too tempting to “dismiss” your reminder (which ends your hourly reminders for the rest of the day). When the Reminder dialog box pops up to tell you to stretch, use the drop-down box to ask to be reminded in one hour, and then click Snooze. I also asked to have my reminder pop up on top of the other Windows. Here you can select “Play reminder sound”, and browse for the sound file that you selected. Using the “File” tab, click “Options”, and then “Advanced”, to get to this screen. This screen also offers a way to invite your colleagues into your stretch protocol… Josie, Sara and I are moving synchronously, from afar. In Outlook, I created a calendar item, set the appointment time (start at 9:45 and end at 9:50), with a daily recurrence, weekdays only, and no end date. I start work at 7:30, so I set my first appointment for 9:45 my first reminder will pop up at 8:45, about an hour into my typical day. (The screen shots are on my computer, using MicroSoft Outlook.) I typically set up work meetings on the hour or half hour, so I don’t want my stretch break reminders popping up at the same time. Next, set up an appointment, about 2 hours into your regular work day. You’ll need to the audio file on your computer where you can find it. This task will take you about 15 minutes, and will improve the way you feel at the end of the day.įirst, decide on a motivating song you’ll hear the opening bars of this song every hour, so take a few minutes to find one that you really like.
Moving keeps our bodies healthy and our minds sharp! Here are instructions to set up reminders using outlook, without purchasing fancy software or apps. When you’re working in less-than-ideal postures, for example in a home office, it’s more important than usual to get up and move once in a while.
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