How I finish 3hrs of work in <1hr

I do my homework outside in freezing cold weather.

No, I'm not joking.

So I've got these biology reading guides for class. Basically just a bunch of questions I have to answer from the textbook.

Normally, this would take me like 3 hours. Maybe more if I'm distracted.

But I found this weird strategy that lets me finish it in an hour.

Here's what I do:

I grab my laptop, walk outside to my backyard, and sit there in the freezing cold.

Like, winter evening freezing. The kind where your feet go numb and you want to cry.

And I just... work.

My feet are ice. My fingers barely move. Every part of me is screaming to go back inside, wrap myself in a blanket, and give up.

But I don't.

I sit there and push through.

And here's why this works:

Cold exposure kills distractions.

When you're freezing, your brain stops thinking about everything else. It can't afford to.

You might've noticed this in cold showers. The second that water hits you, your thoughts just... vanish. Your brain goes quiet.

That's exactly what happens when I sit outside in the cold.

No thoughts about Minecraft. No urge to scroll TikTok. No distractions at all.

Just me and the work in front of me.

And because of that? I fly through it.

3 hours of work done in 1 hour. Every time.

Is it uncomfortable? Hell yeah.

But that's the point.

When you make yourself uncomfortable, you eliminate the space for distractions to even exist.

Your brain has one job: survive. And in that moment, finishing the work is survival.

So if you're stuck procrastinating on something, try this.

Go outside. Let yourself freeze. And watch how fast you work.

Cold kills distractions.

Use it.

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