Before, in past years, I didn't take any time for myself, no fragments, life was fast-paced and stressful causing me for example insomnia. And stress can and is one of the greatest evils in the world.

Today I try to take those little moments, either alone or in company, walking, fresh air, a coffee with a friend and a walk in nature. I have found that it renews my energy, just as it happened to you.

Thank you Galen.🤗

I know what you mean about work taking a toll on you even if it isn't physical.  I know some days when I am trying to figure out a particularly hard issue I am totally drained by the time I get home.  I'd like to think I have a pretty healthy mind (probably more so than my body), but even I hit my limit some days.  My snippets probably consist of doing things for my wife.  Like making that extra stop she wasn't expecting to pick something up or things like that.

#### I like stopping on a country lane and breathing the air and smelling the scents of the countryside. Listen to the birds and also eat in peace by myself even if I am in my car. This moment between two clients gives me energy and makes my day more pleasant to spend.

When I'm doing something, I often like to put in extra effort and create a little extra time for myself, which I can use to disconnect from everything. Extra time, that is what is most expensive and most valuable to us. 
So when I manage to secure it for myself, I'm happy to take a snippet for myself...  
On Wednesday I wrote the post - I worked non-stop for 4 hours (I didn't take short breaks like my other colleagues), in order to use my time a little later for a short walk in the open air... I would have liked a half-hour walk and looking at blossoming fruit trees much more than two coffees with colleagues, where I would talk about work again... My walk, my snippet 😀

We don't accept it and no matter how we don't, it doesn't change the fact that we need to make out time for these little leisure moments. We work hard all year round, no, toil, and then before we know it, we have spent all our years working and worrying about work, there wouldn't be any moment spent on ourselves and our loved ones. In most cases, work is enslavement no matter how much we earn in salary.

Hi Galen, I really liked the quote. About the question I think that life can be lived as if it were a tourist tour, of those of passing through 10 cities in 7 days, take 14 selfies and post them on the internet for others to see us, or live it as a walk in the countryside, where one stops from time to time to see the scenery, breathe and look around. I try to live this second way. Greetings

When it comes to snippets, I make it a point of duty to have one every once in a while. To me, it's a needed distraction to offer some relaxation of not just the body but the mind too.
> emotional and mental strain can be every bit as difficult as the physical

These days, the mental is more demanding than the physical, hence the need to prioritise mental health.

My sister calls it a *cheeky pint.* Just a little, undeclared, unplanned stop for 10 mins. 
Just to remind yourself that you're in charge of yourself :)

Snippets sound great right now I feel like a headless chicken. But every now and then I rise before everyone else does and I have that 30 mins of me time. Just having my cuppa coffee and checking out from the chaos. 

We have to have this moments. Just for us. 

What SNIPPET is?
Not sure about that yet, huh

I think I am a bit of a snippet-seeker, where if things are getting too hectic or troublesome, the moment I find a good time to breathe, I will take it. Maybe eat some sweets, or drink whisky. Maybe it is escapism, but getting my mind out of the stressful situation for a while, helps me focus when I get back on it.

> It's interesting to see how different people approach their lives I think and interesting to look back on how I've approached mine. There were times I'd plough through for days on end, weeks really, without pausing for a breath and now I tend to take small snippets of time here and there which help me hop from rock to rock in the fast-flowing river of my professional life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkWI9L-854