Question

What is the meaning of what would you do to break the monotony?

Answer 1

Here are 9 ways to change things:

Fun solutions

1.      Listen to music
A lot of people say that music helps them concentrate better and get rid of the tension. It decreases stress levelsand it can put you in a great mood that allows you to fight monotony at work! Depending on the music.
You can run an improvised radio stationin your department and get special requests from your coworkers. Agreed, it will probably have an impact on your productivity but where there’s a will, there’s a way. And having some fun at the office may boost happiness and productivity for everyone so it’s worth a try.

2.      Play
You can restart your brain and fight monotony at work with a quick game break with your colleagues. Choose your weapon: Wii, PlayStation, Xbox, you name it. The 15 minutes you spend playing can maximize the next couple of hours!

3.      Try sports
Why not do some sports during breaks? If your office has a shower, it’s a perfect way to stay healthy and re-power your brain. You could run 5 miles twice a week in the afternoon.

4.      Plan other tasks in a timed interval schedule

Email an old friend.
Add something to your website.
Research a weekend trip.
Check out a new gadget via web research.
Research something of interest to you, your hobbies or a potential interest.
Call your mother-in-law.
Using the same concept as thePomodoro technique, after you’ve made your list, take a work break every 25 minutes and give yourself 5-10 minutes for an item on the list.

5.      Maintain a healthy level of insanity

We found this list in an online discussion. Its owner signed it Anonymous coward. Surprisingly a lot of people ranked this advice with a 5 on a 1-5 scale. Have fun reading it!

“1. Page yourself over the intercom. Don’t disguise your voice.

2. Send e-mail to the rest of the company telling them exactly what you’re doing.

3. Every time someone asks you to do something, anything, ask them if they want fries with that.

4. Put your trash can on your desk. Label it “IN.”

5. Make up nicknames for all your coworkers and refer to them only by these names. “That’s a good point, Spike.” “No, I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to disagree with you there, Sparky.”

6. High-light your shoes. Tell people you haven’t lost them as much since you did this.

7. While sitting at your desk, soak your fingers in Palmolive liquid. Call everyone Madge.

8. Hang mosquito netting around your cubicle. When you emerge to get coffee or a printout or whatever, slap yourself randomly the whole way.

9. Put a chair facing a printer. Sit there all day and tell people you’re waiting for your document.

10. Send e-mail back and forth to yourself engaging yourself in an intellectual debate. Forward the mail to a co-worker and ask her to settle the disagreement.

11. Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair-dancing.

12. Feign an unnatural and hysterical fear of staplers.

13. Send e-mail messages saying there’s free pizza or donuts or cake in the lunchroom. When people drift back to work complaining that they found none, lean back, pat your stomach and say, “Oh, you’ve got to be faster than that.”

14. Put decaf in the coffeemaker for three weeks. Once everyone has withdrawn from caffeine addiction, switch to espresso.”

Try coming up with fun activities, together with your manager, to make sure that your workplace is monotony proof. Neelam Gill Malhotra, former Vice-President – HR at CSC has noticed thatengaging employees in fun activitieshelps spread positive energy within the organization and improves productivity. As she puts it, “when leaders create a fun workplace, there is a significant increase in the level of employee’s trust, creativity, communication and productivity.”

Thanks ;)