{"id":31186,"date":"2017-03-23T11:38:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T15:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=31186"},"modified":"2017-03-22T11:39:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:39:40","slug":"taking-a-two-hour-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2017\/03\/23\/taking-a-two-hour-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Two Hour Break"},"content":{"rendered":"When studying for exams of writing essays, I like to take breaks every so often. Usually, these breaks consist of 5 minutes after an hour so of studying. Other times (usually later at night and around dinner time) I take a full one hour break between studying.I believe that the best breaks remove the brain from the task and environment that they were in and engage the full body,\u00a0however,\u00a0I always need to define a limit.\r\n\r\nI enjoy using Google Calendar to define when it is time to study and when it is time for a break. I find that scheduling my breaks makes the process of studying easier since I get to set goals ahead of time. Usually, it goes something like this \"after I finish practicing X amount of problems, I'll take a ten-minute break.\"\r\n\r\nDuring my \"study breaks\" I find myself procrastinating and getting distracted with things I find barely interesting. After studying and taking three very important midterms (and one more on the way) I realized I was exhausted. My five-minute breaks would turn into 30 minutes, I had no motivation to keep going.\r\n\r\n\"2016-04-28_03-03-01-PMInstagram-posts\"\r\n\r\nThe point of a study break is to get the mind rejuvenated but I felt like mine was turned into mush after studying 7 hours a day for the past two weeks. I also realized I hadn't done anything I truly enjoyed (socially) all I had been doing was studying and then studying some more. I decided to do an activity with a friend that would surely let me reset and make me feel better.\r\n\r\nI then opened up my Google Calendar and organized a two-hour long break between studying for my exam and went to the movies. A good study break is one that allows you to take your mind off of studying and that was exactly what I did for two hours.\r\n\r\nWhen I went back home I had energy and felt motivated to study. Overall, although there is not a specific amount of time you should take off as a break, it is important to recognize you need to take one that allows you to feel better and more motivated.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\"875bf2a5ba552527b1981fffa7323270\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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