After reading this article I re-instituted the habit of “timeboxing”. I study hard for 10 minutes, then close my eyes & do nothing for 10 minutes. Rinse & repeat. It seems to make it much easier to continue. Normally I burn out studying Chinese after about 1 hour, but today I studied for a total of 3 hours (in 10 minute chunks).
The linked study shows that an idle period of 10 minutes after learning enhances long-term memory.
After reading this article I re-instituted the habit of “timeboxing”. I study hard for 10 minutes, then close my eyes & do nothing for 10 minutes. Rinse & repeat. It seems to make it much easier to continue. Normally I burn out studying Chinese after about 1 hour, but today I studied for a total of 3 hours (in 10 minute chunks).
The linked study shows that an idle period of 10 minutes after learning enhances long-term memory.