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Taking Breaks
Principles
- Breaks should be taken with the intention of freeing your mind from whatever work you are doing
- When finding yourself conscious after being in the flow, it’s probably time for a break
Realism
- Give yourself some free time at night
- at least 30 minutes
- If you’re completing most of what’s on your list at least five days out of seven, then you’re as productive as any student realistically needs to be
- Give yourself an horu for meals instead of 20 minutes
Practices
- 10 deep breaths
- Reading, walking, chatting
- Have a nap as soon as I start contemplating it
- If not, I end up not doing anything
- Long Pomodoro Break Ideas
Benefits
- Mental calculations can be more demanding than physical labor, and require more recovery time
- Prevents Burnout
- Resting gives us dopamine, renewing synapses and prepares them for more effort
Absence
- A lack of breaks results in poor memory, mental fog, and fatigue
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