/improve/ - Self Improvement

How do you feel when you are nearing a mental exhaustion? What's going through your mind around that time on average?

Do you wake up with energy in the morning and find yourself dragging in the afternoon? Do you wake up tired and get going as the day progresses or are you both of the above?

What is the work that you are doing and how much free time do you have on average?

>>2441

>I want to help you out OP, but I'm having hard time to understand your problem.Do you feel completely bored, anxious about future or feel guilty when spend your free time to the useless things?

I want to do things I enjoy (such as play music/read/program) when I have free time, but the things I enjoy are too involved and I don't have the energy left for them at the end of the day.

>>2442

>How do you feel when you are nearing a mental exhaustion? What's going through your mind around that time on average?

I am working hard. Then I start get foggier and foggier, until I'm uncontrolably staring off into space and I need to take an increasing number of breaks until there is no longer any point working.

>Do you wake up with energy in the morning and find yourself dragging in the afternoon?

No, luckily I have found my sleep schedule after years of not regulating it and I never have this problem.

>What is the work that you are doing and how much free time do you have on average?

Right now, I'm in school. I feel like if I'm in school and I can't do what I want, I won't be able to continue learning and creating in my free time when I'm working. I don't think that's much of a life. I see many programmers and musicians who do it on the side and have much to show for it, and I wonder how they do it.

>>2444

>No, luckily I have found my sleep schedule after years of not regulating it and I never have this problem.

Sorry, I misread. Yes, that is what happens essentially.

>>2444

>>2445

>Do you wake up with energy in the morning and find yourself dragging in the afternoon?

>Yes, that is what happens essentially.

This implies that your fatigue has a physical origin.

Make sure you are eating healthy and getting your necessary daily vitamins and minerals, going to sleep at the right time, getting the right amount of sleep and drinking the enough water(Emphasis on this point, not drinking enough can be an energy zapper). Also, if you don't already, start exercising whether it be going gym, jogging or some home workout regimen.

Are you friends with any Negative Nancies?

>I am working hard. Then I start get foggier and foggier, until I'm uncontrolably staring off into space and I need to take an increasing number of breaks until there is no longer any point working.

I recommend that you start using the Pomodoro Technique. Why? It's a good productivity technique that helps maintain your focus. http://pomodorotechnique.com/

>Study for 25 minutes

>Rest for 5 minutes

>Study for 25 minutes

>Rest for 5 minutes

>Study for 25 minutes

>Rest for 30 minutes

>Rinse and repeat

For the 5 minute breaks make sure you are not sitting in the exact same place you were studying. Stand up, walk around, get a snack and do some stretches. If you sit in the exact same place it would be as if you didn't even get the rest when it comes to focus.

>>2446

Nice tips. I'll focus on taking better care of myself this summer. I've said that before, but I think if I remain aware that it will get me far above this plateau I will stick with it.

I tried pomodoro for a bit, but I found it a bit annoying. I think I might buy an actual timer instead of using electronic devices.

Check out creatine. Most people think it's just a workout supplement, but it can do much much more. To put it very very simply, it basically makes your cells store more energy so it increases their endurance. This effect is not limited to your muscles, it also affects your brain.

Check it out.

>>2446

Pomodoro doesn't work so well for me. If I'm doing some work that takes all my attention and not very hard for my brain it works well ( if I'm coding for example, or reading some interesting book). But recently I decided to improve my higher math and Pomodoro didn't help me. When I need to think about problems (like I met hard paragraph in book, or some math exercises) I very fast get distracted by other thoughts, this happens somewhat unconsciously every time. And when 25 minutes is passed by I have done very little.