I just opened my eyes to the magic of timed breaks for getting schoolwork done. I took about two hours of total work time to write a paper that normally would have taken me five or six- mostly due to foot dragging, fatigue and distractions. All I did differently was set a timer to remind myself to take breaks at regular intervals. 45 mins of work, then 20 mins of fuckoff time. Painless. Dunno why I haven't been working that way all my life.
>20 mins of fuckoff time How do you use those efficiently to ensure proper rest? Meditation?
Christopher Thomas
the only problem is my 5-10 min of fuckoff time turns into a 2 hour long binge
Benjamin Sullivan
Just don't be a puss. Put some caffeine in your face and get it done. After that, all day is an untimed break.
Jack Foster
It's called "finding you're own rythm". It's good u did. Try mess around with the timers on non-important work, see if u can find an optimum division of time.
Before advising it to anyone tho, keep in mind your optimal division is personal, not universal. Mine is 5 hr of work straight, then 2h15 of pause. Friend of mine is at 50min work, 10 min break (observe the much higher ratio ; you don't want to have a the highest ratio, you want to be the more productive that you can when you work.)
Nicholas Long
Good,to the end of your studies that 45 minutes will me down to 10 to 15 tops. Use it well.
It's better to take shorter yet more frequent breaks.
20 on ten off or 15 on five off is what I do.
Isaac Diaz
>be coding all day >struggling with hard problems >take a break and browse Veeky Forums and completely remove code from mind >come back to code and instantly have solution for problem
its really weird how often this works. dat subconscious mind tho
Brody Butler
I never study and barely do homework The edge of stress is what keeps me alive because otherwise I'd want to kill myself for less valid reasons
Brandon Reed
I started doing this too. 25 minute work sessions with 5 minute breaks in between. 20 minute breal after 4 work sessions in a row. This just absolutely destroys the need to procrastinate, in my case anyway. It especially helps when you use a physical timer, because once the timer starts running, you feel to need to use your 25 minutes productively.
Grayson Thompson
Anki is really good for keyword:definition modules
Nicholas Peterson
I was in the military, so 50 min of work/study and 10 minute breaks work wonders for me.
Christopher Cox
whatever you say SATAN
Henry Murphy
hey your post number has four eights in it
Owen James
It's easier to mentally accept just doing small chunks of work at a time, where sitting down with the intent to write a paper all in one sitting just makes my brain dig its heels in.
Owen Jones
This. Last minute is best minute. Nice quads too
Zachary Johnson
I count six.
Stick around, kid, you could learn a lot from a board like this.
Hunter Roberts
I can't focus at all if I do this.
Jackson Martin
It's called Pomodoro.
Jacob Sullivan
Playing vidya and then winging the test. Straight As for the most part and I have time to do more interesting stuff