Into the valley of DeathRode the six hundred . F 7 F 8 fbp 9 fg <| sep |> lol . did anyone else take like 5 minutes to find him ? <| sep |> The day after I played guitar in my middle school talent show , people I didn ' t normally hang out with started talking to me at lunch the cool kids , so it was excitingterrifying for socially anxious me . Some jerk in front of me in line said something likeSo you think you ' re cool now since you play guitar ? Without really thinking I said Actually , you ' re the first person to call me cool after yesterday . But I guess I am if you say so . IIRC the whole lunch room erupted into applause , the guy was sent home with a case of severe burn , and a parade was thrown in my honor . <| sep |> I regularly come across those articles telling you that you should work in small sections and then stop for break , but I just don ' t get it ! I ' m a writer as well and I can ' t immediately start writing when I sit down . It takes time to get comfortable and focused I need to find that zone ! Often it can take me an hour or two to get settled and once that happens I hold on for dear life . There ' s no way I ' m walking away from productivity because I ' ll have to start all over again . I will say this though I found that if I start working within a half hour of waking up before watching YouTube or reading the news it takes a lot less time to get settled into work . I still won ' t take regular breaks until I ' m finished or hungry , but I get everything done FAR quicker . I also second that Brain . fm recommendation . It doesn ' t always work for me , but it has helped on a number of occasions .