Visiting another website is the last thing you might want to do after a long stressful day. In fact, most of the stress in the modern workday arises not from those pressing deadlines but from constantly checking in on Facebook or Instagram to see who did what, when and with whom.

The Quiet Place Project is an unusual little website designed to stop you from going all Michael Douglas in Falling Down. It's an almost blank page that requires you to hit the spacebar to get gentle reminders that life goes on outside of social media notifications. The background music is soothing; it sounds like the sort that plays in a reiki/acupuncture/massage centre.

If that doesn’t do the job, go to thenicestplaceontheinter.net and get a virtual hug from a stranger. Alternatively, you can leave a hug for someone else. It’s for when you’re having one of those days (and hugging your boss isn’t the sanest option).

http://thequietplaceproject.com/thequietplace