An article in the NY Times is reporting on a growing trend in elementary schools to have recess before serving lunch.  The article discusses the benefits, such as increased food consumption, increased attention span in classes after lunch, better behavior during lunch and after, decreased food waste, and more.  Historically, lunch and recess have been approached in order of importance, with nutrition being more important than recreation.  Presently, a shift is being made to the importance of order focusing on the best use of time and most effective way to achieve nutritional balance with physical activity and recreation. Granted, this concept of 'doing the important things first' is not new.  But, perhaps, it should be questioned.  In the workplace, are there tasks that we automatically do first because we view them as more important than the others?  Would our work be more efficient if we re-evaluated to see if those tasks would fit better during another time of the day? Sometimes we need a shake up.  We need to take a fresh look at the same old same old.  Occassionally, when we do this, we will find a new and better way to do the important things in life.