Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
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Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
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Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#2The “rest periods” were ten seconds long. This doesn’t generalize into anything meaningful; when was the last time you focused on a new skill so intensely that you didn’t have ten second pauses?
Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#3Are you telling me that checking Hackernews every couple hours is going to pay off?
>take a 10 second break
I guess that's the next browser plugin, instead of blocking Reddit/HN/Facebook/Twitter, limit them to 10 second bursts.
Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#4The “rest periods” were ten seconds long. This doesn’t generalize into anything meaningful; when was the last time you focused on a new skill so intensely that you didn’t have ten second pauses?
Yes but the work periods were also ten seconds. So the suggestion seems to be that we should spend 50% of our time resting, with many very small rest periods interspersed between many very small work periods.
Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#5Are you telling me that checking Hackernews every couple hours is going to pay off? > take a 10 second break I guess that's the next browser plugin, instead of blocking Reddit/HN/Facebook/Twitter, limit them to 10 second bursts.
>I guess that's the next browser plugin, instead of blocking Reddit/HN/Facebook/Twitter, limit them to 10 second bursts.
No clue if this would actually be beneficial for me, but I'd love to try an extension like this.
Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#6The “rest periods” were ten seconds long. This doesn’t generalize into anything meaningful; when was the last time you focused on a new skill so intensely that you didn’t have ten second pauses?
Yes but the work periods were also ten seconds. So the suggestion seems to be that we should spend 50% of our time resting, with many very small rest periods interspersed between many very small work periods.
So, if i'm teaching myself to do unit testing I should take a 10 second break by checking HN and then go back to the task?
Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#7Are you telling me that checking Hackernews every couple hours is going to pay off? > take a 10 second break I guess that's the next browser plugin, instead of blocking Reddit/HN/Facebook/Twitter, limit them to 10 second bursts.
My slow internet already takes 10 seconds to load a new site
Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#8Are you telling me that checking Hackernews every couple hours is going to pay off? > take a 10 second break I guess that's the next browser plugin, instead of blocking Reddit/HN/Facebook/Twitter, limit them to 10 second bursts.
My slow internet already takes 10 seconds to load a new site
So you have this benefit already built-in.
I guess we finally have a sensible argument in favour of website bloat.
Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#9Sounds a bit like the Pomodoro Technique.
Re: Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks
#10In my experience, this effect is most noticeable while learning an instrument.
Practice until you start to see diminishing returns, take a short break, and then return to practicing. You’ll notice you’re slightly better than you were before taking a break.