study breaks...what do you do?

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So basically I've been playing with the idea of 30 minutes on (focused studying), 10 minutes off (break have fun)...my question is what do some of you do on your break? I've been thinking about playing a video game but since that is more active (using focus a little more...maybe this would drain my focus for when I start studying again..) not sure if that would count as a break. I'd like to get some ideas of what breaks work for others. I'm thinking a break that is more fun would be more beneficial since I believe I read this helps willpower.

Also I always thought the 5 minute break (where I've read in a lot of places) was too short and naturally would prefer a 10 minute break. I read this recently (http://www.tydknow.com/did-you-know...eaks-while-studying-you-can-actually-achieve/) and it seems like it has science to back it up. Does anyone think a 10 minute break is too long, especially if your in Dental school where you won't have much time?
 
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i like to go find something to eat, sit outside for a few minutes, or play a match of hearthstone
 
I got a cat. I've always felt far more kinship with dogs, probably because we're on the same wavelength, but I got engaged and that came with rescuing a little kitten out of a barn, and now I have a cat. I've raised him like a dog though, and now I have a little cat minion to go kill flies and stink bugs around the house. Despite my best efforts though, he is a cat and therefore has sociopathic asscat qualities. I find myself coming up with new ways to entertain Asscat. I now spend about $25 a month to buy a big bag of birdseed so I can keep the bird feeder filled so Asscat has something to meow at and pace back and forth over. This leads to my study breaks. I loved being outside before dental school, particularly hunting. If I wasn't hunting I was stalking something to photograph it. Now, however, I live in the dark heart of a city in a hospital parking lot and the most excitement I've had recently was chasing an opossum off the back deck last night. What times. I now get all of my predatory instincts out by hunting vicariously through Asscat. When the "bird alarm" goes off (cat chirring) and I'm at a stopping point I'll creep over to the French doors and slooooowly crack it open. Asscat knows the drill and starts getting all hyped up. As soon as the door is wide enough for him to poke his head out he gets all crouched down and his tail starts lashing and he undergoes general cat intensification. Then something will happen to trip his hair trigger and he'll launch. Before any of you weenies start harassing me about my cold heart and the poor birds, Asscat can't catch anything. He couldn't catch a burger on a plate. He can barely corner his food bowl. There is no lithe springing forth from the shadows with death's cold gaze. It's more like a huffing herp-a-derp with little white paws. But it's hilarious to watch and I like cheering him on. It's like being the parent of the fat kid on the soccer team. Then he realizes he's outside and it's scary outside so he comes running back inside and I can close the door and get back to studying. (On a side note, I've gone absolutely old-lady over the birds coming to my bird feeder. I have a species list taped to the wall and everything.) If there are no birds to harass I go find Asscat and lay down on the floor next to him and mess with him until he bites me and then we wrestle. Nothing promotes hand eye coordination like sharp, angry cat teeth. It's like Ricky Bobby with the cougar in his race car. It also gets all my frustration out over learning subjects THAT ARE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF DENTISTRY, and I can get back to it refreshed and with slightly less blood volume. So get a cat for study breaks, but be careful or you'll go from being a stud to becoming one of those losers who tells long stories about their cat on the Internet to strangers and hijacks otherwise productive threads to turn them into blog entries. Nerds.





(WTF am I doing on SDN?! I have to study, dammit!)
 
I also got a cat. If I need a quick study break that won't devolve into a three to four episode Netflix mini-binge, I just go bother the cat for a few minutes. If he's awake, I play with him using his favorite feather toy. If he's asleep I wake him up and force-cuddle him until he gets annoyed and bites me. :laugh:
 
look at pictures of deepika padukone and imagine my life together with her. Hey a man can dream right? 😉

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lazyindy said:
look at pictures of deepika padukone and imagine my life together with her. Hey a man can dream right? 😉

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Yea
You can dream , but don't dream about my girl..... That's my dippy kippy
 
Personally, I think a break every 30 min is too often, but I like to surf reddit/youtube/cnn on my break.
 
Cat cat cat~~~
My cat lives with my parents. I miss her. 🙁 I also used to be a dog person too until my brother moved back home and brought his cat. She grew on the entire family, and now we all love her. Smart and conniving little thing, she is.

I normally just lay in bed and browse through Pinterest, sometimes SDN. The TV is almost always on for background noise so it doesn't offer too much of a distraction...
 
Gen. Beauregard said:
I got a cat. I've always felt far more kinship with dogs, probably because we're on the same wavelength, but I got engaged and that came with rescuing a little kitten out of a barn, and now I have a cat. I've raised him like a dog though, and now I have a little cat minion to go kill flies and stink bugs around the house. Despite my best efforts though, he is a cat and therefore has sociopathic asscat qualities. I find myself coming up with new ways to entertain Asscat. I now spend about $25 a month to buy a big bag of birdseed so I can keep the bird feeder filled so Asscat has something to meow at and pace back and forth over. This leads to my study breaks. I loved being outside before dental school, particularly hunting. If I wasn't hunting I was stalking something to photograph it. Now, however, I live in the dark heart of a city in a hospital parking lot and the most excitement I've had recently was chasing an opossum off the back deck last night. What times. I now get all of my predatory instincts out by hunting vicariously through Asscat. When the "bird alarm" goes off (cat chirring) and I'm at a stopping point I'll creep over to the French doors and slooooowly crack it open. Asscat knows the drill and starts getting all hyped up. As soon as the door is wide enough for him to poke his head out he gets all crouched down and his tail starts lashing and he undergoes general cat intensification. Then something will happen to trip his hair trigger and he'll launch. Before any of you weenies start harassing me about my cold heart and the poor birds, Asscat can't catch anything. He couldn't catch a burger on a plate. He can barely corner his food bowl. There is no lithe springing forth from the shadows with death's cold gaze. It's more like a huffing herp-a-derp with little white paws. But it's hilarious to watch and I like cheering him on. It's like being the parent of the fat kid on the soccer team. Then he realizes he's outside and it's scary outside so he comes running back inside and I can close the door and get back to studying. (On a side note, I've gone absolutely old-lady over the birds coming to my bird feeder. I have a species list taped to the wall and everything.) If there are no birds to harass I go find Asscat and lay down on the floor next to him and mess with him until he bites me and then we wrestle. Nothing promotes hand eye coordination like sharp, angry cat teeth. It's like Ricky Bobby with the cougar in his race car. It also gets all my frustration out over learning subjects THAT ARE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF DENTISTRY, and I can get back to it refreshed and with slightly less blood volume. So get a cat for study breaks, but be careful or you'll go from being a stud to becoming one of those losers who tells long stories about their cat on the Internet to strangers and hijacks otherwise productive threads to turn them into blog entries. Nerds.





(WTF am I doing on SDN?! I have to study, dammit!)
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This post is hysterical.
 
Gen. Beauregard said:
I got a cat. I've always felt far more kinship with dogs, probably because we're on the same wavelength, but I got engaged and that came with rescuing a little kitten out of a barn, and now I have a cat. I've raised him like a dog though, and now I have a little cat minion to go kill flies and stink bugs around the house. Despite my best efforts though, he is a cat and therefore has sociopathic asscat qualities. I find myself coming up with new ways to entertain Asscat. I now spend about $25 a month to buy a big bag of birdseed so I can keep the bird feeder filled so Asscat has something to meow at and pace back and forth over. This leads to my study breaks. I loved being outside before dental school, particularly hunting. If I wasn't hunting I was stalking something to photograph it. Now, however, I live in the dark heart of a city in a hospital parking lot and the most excitement I've had recently was chasing an opossum off the back deck last night. What times. I now get all of my predatory instincts out by hunting vicariously through Asscat. When the "bird alarm" goes off (cat chirring) and I'm at a stopping point I'll creep over to the French doors and slooooowly crack it open. Asscat knows the drill and starts getting all hyped up. As soon as the door is wide enough for him to poke his head out he gets all crouched down and his tail starts lashing and he undergoes general cat intensification. Then something will happen to trip his hair trigger and he'll launch. Before any of you weenies start harassing me about my cold heart and the poor birds, Asscat can't catch anything. He couldn't catch a burger on a plate. He can barely corner his food bowl. There is no lithe springing forth from the shadows with death's cold gaze. It's more like a huffing herp-a-derp with little white paws. But it's hilarious to watch and I like cheering him on. It's like being the parent of the fat kid on the soccer team. Then he realizes he's outside and it's scary outside so he comes running back inside and I can close the door and get back to studying. (On a side note, I've gone absolutely old-lady over the birds coming to my bird feeder. I have a species list taped to the wall and everything.) If there are no birds to harass I go find Asscat and lay down on the floor next to him and mess with him until he bites me and then we wrestle. Nothing promotes hand eye coordination like sharp, angry cat teeth. It's like Ricky Bobby with the cougar in his race car. It also gets all my frustration out over learning subjects THAT ARE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF DENTISTRY, and I can get back to it refreshed and with slightly less blood volume. So get a cat for study breaks, but be careful or you'll go from being a stud to becoming one of those losers who tells long stories about their cat on the Internet to strangers and hijacks otherwise productive threads to turn them into blog entries. Nerds.



(WTF am I doing on SDN?! I have to study, dammit!)
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Once again, your posts are truly hilarious.
I'm def. nominating you for comedian dentist of the year in the future.
 
Gen. Beauregard said:
I got a cat. I've always felt far more kinship with dogs, probably because we're on the same wavelength, but I got engaged and that came with rescuing a little kitten out of a barn, and now I have a cat. I've raised him like a dog though, and now I have a little cat minion to go kill flies and stink bugs around the house. Despite my best efforts though, he is a cat and therefore has sociopathic asscat qualities. I find myself coming up with new ways to entertain Asscat. I now spend about $25 a month to buy a big bag of birdseed so I can keep the bird feeder filled so Asscat has something to meow at and pace back and forth over. This leads to my study breaks. I loved being outside before dental school, particularly hunting. If I wasn't hunting I was stalking something to photograph it. Now, however, I live in the dark heart of a city in a hospital parking lot and the most excitement I've had recently was chasing an opossum off the back deck last night. What times. I now get all of my predatory instincts out by hunting vicariously through Asscat. When the "bird alarm" goes off (cat chirring) and I'm at a stopping point I'll creep over to the French doors and slooooowly crack it open. Asscat knows the drill and starts getting all hyped up. As soon as the door is wide enough for him to poke his head out he gets all crouched down and his tail starts lashing and he undergoes general cat intensification. Then something will happen to trip his hair trigger and he'll launch. Before any of you weenies start harassing me about my cold heart and the poor birds, Asscat can't catch anything. He couldn't catch a burger on a plate. He can barely corner his food bowl. There is no lithe springing forth from the shadows with death's cold gaze. It's more like a huffing herp-a-derp with little white paws. But it's hilarious to watch and I like cheering him on. It's like being the parent of the fat kid on the soccer team. Then he realizes he's outside and it's scary outside so he comes running back inside and I can close the door and get back to studying. (On a side note, I've gone absolutely old-lady over the birds coming to my bird feeder. I have a species list taped to the wall and everything.) If there are no birds to harass I go find Asscat and lay down on the floor next to him and mess with him until he bites me and then we wrestle. Nothing promotes hand eye coordination like sharp, angry cat teeth. It's like Ricky Bobby with the cougar in his race car. It also gets all my frustration out over learning subjects THAT ARE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF DENTISTRY, and I can get back to it refreshed and with slightly less blood volume. So get a cat for study breaks, but be careful or you'll go from being a stud to becoming one of those losers who tells long stories about their cat on the Internet to strangers and hijacks otherwise productive threads to turn them into blog entries. Nerds.





(WTF am I doing on SDN?! I have to study, dammit!)
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🤣:claps: Literally laughed my ass off... and I have a big ass.
 
Tabata ab workout every 30-45 minutes
 
I usd to take a smoke break...then I quit smoking...now I will go and play a faceook game...or I might start smoking again...lol
 
what I would is watch political debates wierd I know right?
 
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