Setting aside time to goof off at work can relieve stress, improve morale and even help with team building efforts.

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Setting aside time to do nothing can actually require discipline.

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Instead of stopping what you are doing to respond to a new e-mail, you should consider setting aside a time for responding to e-mails in batches.

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He keeps setting aside the evidence of his senses with reference to the secular philosophy of his time.

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