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Engineer’s anti-brain-fog routine: stare at a wall for 10 minutes

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 27, 2026
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Engineer Alex Selimov keeps falling into the same trap: bad sleep, too much coffee, podcasts in his ears while he works, then HackerNews on every “break,” then up too late because the caffeine and scrolling have him wired. Around 1 or 2 in the afternoon, his head starts hurting, and his motivation evaporates. His usual move is…

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