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The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/FellowKidsFinder69 on 2025-06-23 23:20:27+00:00.
One simple trick that helped me through university and into a highly paid research position is to force me to have pauses, especially during days in which I had to study 8-9 hours in preparation to a big exam.
Focus Is faiding, especially on very stressed days, that's because your body triggers the fight or flight response and you are full of cortisol getting distracted by any noise (It could be a potential danger to your primitive instinct).
Then, the more you need to stay on the books for 8 hours, the more you will be easily distracted.
To avoid this you have to trick your brain into being "ok". My method Is to take a pause every hour in which I do something unrelated: take a walk, Paint a miniature, play some videogame, have a call with a friend.. etc. These pauses aren't fixed in minutes, just the maximum Is 1 hour.
At worst, in a day from 10 am to 10 pm, you have studied 6 hours and had fun for the other 6.
Walking or exercising Is best at the beginning because It can help you break physical stress and helps you sleep better.
Hope this helps you!