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Stuck in a Rut? Here’s Your Way Out

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Four months of intensity, then… nothing. For four months, I was locked in, powering through six focused-hours daily with no slacking—filled with real learning and rapid progress in math, computer science topics, and coding. My routine began with mathematics, gradually incorporating computer science topics and coding, before ultimately returning to math once again. Then, month five hit me like a gut punch: I kinda felt sick of it. Raw-dogging math every day was taking its toll. I noticed it was taking me twice as long to learn the material of the same difficulty, and now family holiday trips were lined up. Suddenly, I found myself losing months’ worth of forward momentum. What the heck?? Final straw? Summer heat and travel. First, I had to leave for a family vacation. Nothing kills your flow like stepping out of your environment. Then I came back, but the blazing summer heat made it feel impossible to kickstart myself again. To top it off, another trip abroad smashed any semblance of ro

Stuck in a Rut? Here’s Your Way Out Oct 4, 2024 / Read time: 6 min Four months of intensity, then… nothing. For four months, I was locked in, powering through six focused-hours daily with no slacking—filled with real learning and rapid progress in math, computer science topics, and coding. My routine began with mathematics, gradually incorporating computer science topics and coding, before ultimately returning to math once again. Then, month five hit me like a gut punch: I kinda felt sick of it. Raw-dogging math every day was taking its toll. I noticed it was taking me twice as long to learn t

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