# Can't concentrate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-concentrate/547174 "2010-07-19T00:21:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bpelta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-concentrate/547174/1 "2010-07-19T00:21:34Z")
So I have a ton of work due soon and a small important assignment due tomorrow but for some reason my thoughts have been racing all over the place to the most random recesses of my mind. I can’t concentrate and I have a ton to do, no time for exercise (will have to wait till I’m done with all this)… Ideas?? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-concentrate/547174/2 "2010-07-19T00:47:07Z")
10 situps, then 10 minutes of work, then 10 situps… break up what you have to do in smaller tasks and get up and move every few minutes just to get rid of that restlessness. If what you’re thinking about is lists of things to do, then write it all down, approximate how much time it will take to do each and divide up the time you have left. Once your 2 hours on X are up, move on to Y, and if that takes less time than expected, then go back to X until it’s time to do Z. Otherwise you spend your time not doing X because you’re too worried about Y and Z. And stop posting/reading here. Now get to work! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-concentrate/547174/3 "2010-07-19T03:14:32Z")
[gnaural](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnaural), i use it for meditation, but it can also be spiffy for helping me to focus.