52 Things To Do in Your Lunch Break

Gone For Lunch

Gone for Lunch is for everyone who wants to reclaim their lunch break &ndash; whether they have a whole hour, or just 30 minutes to spare. In this friendly, fun and inspirational book, there&rsquo;s a challenge for every week of the year. Each activity is designed to be suitable for anyone anywhere &ndash; at home or at work, in the city or the countryside.After failing to take a lunch break for several weeks, Laura Archer set herself a lunchtime challenge for every week of the year and began chronicling her escapades. Drawing buildings, trying yoga classes, volunteering, going for bike rides, handwriting letters: her challenges ranged from indoor to outdoor, active to sedentary, and the effect they had on her was magical. She discovered old flames, past joys, new hobbies. By claiming back that single hour in the middle of the day, Laura turned her life into something richer and happier &ndash; a simple change, with wondrous consequences. Now you can be inspired by her ideas too!

A born and bred Londoner with a phobia of being idle, Laura Archer works full time at the Museum of London, running events and visits around town for their annual supporters, The Society of Londoners. The job allows her to combine her love of her home town with her belief in the benefits of getting out and about and doing things.

Laura Archer

Don't Believe You Can? You're Already Doing It...

Are you stuck in a rut but don&rsquo;t have the time, money or energy to get out? It&#39;s simpler than you think. By encouraging you to make small, personal decisions, this book will help you stop scrolling through other people&rsquo;s stories so that you can start focusing on your own.We have choice in every moment of our lives. We can choose to say &lsquo;yes&rsquo; or &lsquo;no&rsquo; to an invitation, a job, a partner. We just have to practise cultivating that choice. Change Your Life in an Hour urges you to take back control of how you choose to spend your time &ndash; and subsequently your life.Laura Archer first realised the power of small choices when she started reclaiming her lunch breaks and using them to achieve personal goals. In this, her second book, she inspires you to target your mental, emotional, and physical health through simple but empowering actions that can fit around any lifestyle.The book focuses on three centres of activity:<ul><li>Head &ndash; Looking at how important good mental health is, and how we can achieve it through guiding our thoughts and the stimulus we input to our minds daily.</li><li>Heart &ndash; As a society that prioritises rationality and empiricism, our hearts sometimes get left behind, as we listen to our heads first. This section focuses on activities to make your heart sing.</li><li>Hands &ndash; We spend our days on computers and smart phones, but as humans we are makers and creators, and using our hands is part of our make-up. This section of the book encourages you to reconnect with the world around you.</li></ul>This book is not restrictive. It is as much about embracing good food, wine and love, as it is about focusing on yoga and meditation. Are you ready to change YOUR life?

Laura Archer

Books by Laura Archer

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