Tick tock sweat on the clock! Rushing through the jar of meeting deadlines or month-end, our sanity slips through like the sand of time in that jar. When the phone call starts growing on our nerves, then we end up straining our precious eyes on screens of laptop/computer or mobile or the horrors of a stack of files; that is when the humdrum of work tighten our bodily muscles. We stress. We get anxious. We quickly lose temper. Less creativity and concentration, more frustration. Oh no! this is no pep talk or yoga tip. Let us stay more creative and keep the fun inside us alive! Browse down and sneak peek into some ‘work toys’ and play-way methods. They serve a dual purpose. Firstly, they release stress, anxiety and catalyst's creativity and secondly, they work as instant desk decors!!! Accept it, tiny toys are like sunshine drops on your dampen desk! All items are available on Amazon.in Central idea: all toys mentioned below share a common background: release stress, anxiety, induce creative snippets and the most important – all these are FUN! The Standard Fare Stress Release Balls Release stress as you squish them tightly in your fist Cathartic for anger Fun ₹100 onwards Office Trek: the painters awaken Colour Books A Drexel University study found that making art can significantly reduce the stress hormone cortisol, regardless of skill level. The following books will tickle the sarcastic bones in you, a parody of work environment scene and more, all you have to do is color just the way you want and maybe you will find your creative way out. Certified Registered Art Therapist Jill Howell created Color, Draw, Collage:₹992 This Annoying Life: A Mindless Coloring Book for the Highly Stressed by Oslo Davis: ₹824 Worth the wallet shake! Let’s stick together! Magnet balls A set of small magnetic balls. These balls shall churn your creative juices and simultaneously calm your mind reducing anxiety and stress. It is one of the best desk decors (depends on your creativity) ₹600 onwards Bounce off stress! Thinking/silly putty(not at all silly) Thinking/Silly Putty Stretch out your anxiety and mold into creative unthinkable figures Bouncy Fun ₹950 onwards Fidgety Fidgets! Fidgets There are lots of fidgeting gadgets that were primarily recommended for children with ADHD etc. but that does not imply that we can’t use them or they are useless for us. They help us relax the panicky fidgetiness we develop. Here are two work coherent fidget devices: Fidget cube: new in the market. Dice with different fidgeting styles ₹180 onwards Squeezy pea pods: it can also be used as a key chain. It is small and you can squeeze the pods and cute little peas will come out. ₹299 onwards Both of them relax the stress built-in. The Air of Calmness: Aromatherapy Olfactory senses can be of great help to control oneself. Having fragrant oils like lavender, lime or whatever suits your taste succor in to replenish the gloomy aroma around. The fragrance of these oils will clear out the stressed and anxious pollutants serving you with calmness. There is a long list of other toys and methods like kinetic balls and pendulums and others which are equally relaxing. But the list you just glanced through is not merely professional but shall also maintain the concept of ‘FUN’ as we loom into the cobwebs of work stress. There is nothing puerile or embarrassing about these little games. A tinge of humor is always appreciated. Let us indulge in this subtle (and fun) art of giving a relaxing trip to ourselves. You never know, by just playing you might find your “Eureka”!! moment. A toast to ‘me’…