White Noise and Mindfulness: A Guide to Not Losing Your Mind at Work

Breaking Up with Your Colleagues

Are you tired of small talk with Karen from HR? Do you dread the sound of Dave from Marketing's incessant "synergy" talk? It's time to take a break and learn how to practice white noise and mindfulness in the office.

A step-by-step guide on how to politely but firmly extricate yourself from unwanted conversations:

  1. Agree with everything
  2. Change the subject
  3. Excuse yourself with a fake meeting
  4. Stare intensely at your phone
  5. Make a "phone call"

Step 1: Agree with everything | Step 2: Change the subject | Step 3: Excuse yourself with a fake meeting | Step 4: Stare intensely at your phone | Step 5: Make a phone call