With any psychologically stimulating activity you should take breaks from it even if you enjoy it. Set a timer for 2 hours, after the 2 hours has elapsed stop doing what you're doing and then sit around doing nothing for at least an hour. Do this throughout the day. If you sit around and do nothing your brains default mode network is engaged more and it helps you learn and relax. This would be really beneficial for you if you're studying, at least that's a theory, I'm not sure what told me that.
Hammering our brains with information constantly isnt healthy because our brains didnt evolve to have so much information going through it. You tend to be more flaky if you're constantly busy.
Some of the things you can do while doing nothing is meditating or writing in your journal. Though most of the time should be spent being totally idle. Set your phone on do not disturb and leave your computer alone.
If you simply dont have the time to break up 2 hour sessions of using your computer you could try 20-30 minutes breaks. Work out a time that works out for you.
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