lumpydyke:

“This is a simple way of learning to concentrate better. It goes like this: whenever you feel like quitting – just do five more – five more minutes, five more exercises, five more pages – which will extend your focus. The rule pushes you just beyond the point of frustration and helps build mental concentration. It’s a form of training as well as being a way of getting something accomplished.”

— Harriet Griffey, The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world (via semperfeminae)