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Notes on focus.

Research, design notes, and small essays on the way students actually work — from the team building Nooklo.

What's killing your summer learning plan isn't willpower — it's goal contagion

The 2004 Aarts/Gollwitzer/Hassin study on why "we should learn french this summer" almost never survives past week three — and what to do instead.

Why studying together works

Social facilitation, body doubling, and the long-running research on why we focus better when others are present.

Body doubling, explained

A practical guide to using shared presence — at the library, on a call, or through Nooklo — when solo motivation drops.

Pomodoro for real workloads

How to adapt 25/5 focus blocks to problem sets, long readings, and exam prep — without breaking the rhythm.