I would think that anyone with the time constraint as the OP needs to evaluate overall time management. As devs, we spend most of the day alone inside your min

I would think that anyone with the time constraint as the OP needs to evaluate overall time management. As devs, we spend most of the day alone inside your mind. Lunch/coffee/smoke breaks are the ones which gives you just enough time for the mind to take off in non related domain. Nobody forces us to take these breaks. It is an intuitive feeling that we use to relax ourselves. For a week or two, this may seem to work else - this advice would be a disaster if attempted to turn this to a habit. Lunch topics - the worldly events do matter. I for one don't follow mainstream news. I get an abridged snapshot of events during these breaks. Not knowing anything makes worse at being a people person. Not Everything is about hacking. It's about weighing wants vs needs. Also to add, breaks are not only about eating/drinking/smoking/conversing.It may also be a sit alone time not doing work. I usually go out to the balcony and look at the trees or birds flying. It's my natural reset button to stuck problems.