But I can't emphasize this enough . Our ability to focus is not just related to what happens during the entry and movement through those focus bouts . But after those focus bouts , we really need to deliberately decompress .
So , understand that at the end of 90 minutes or maybe even after 45 minutes , you might feel rather tired or even exhausted . And it's very important that after about to focus , that you take at least 10 minutes . And ideally as long as 30 minutes and go through what I call deliberate deffo you really want to focus on somewhat menial tasks or things that really don't require a ton of your concentration .
So take that period after each 90 minute or less focus bout , right ? Remember those focus bouts don't have to be full 90 minutes . Let's see , you do 45 minutes of work , you're just done with it , set it down and go do something for maybe 5 , 10 , maybe even 30 minutes .
The question I often get is how long should I try to focus ? Well , the research literature point to the key importance of so called traian cycles .
Ok . It doesn't have to be the full 90 minutes , but trying to push yourself to be able to drop into two hours of focus or three hours of focus while possible is not really in line with what we know about the underlying biology , everything from our sleep states or the different stages of sleep . And our waking states is divided into these 90 minute cycles or so called trade in cycles .
