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Take a break

Enjoy sounds of ocean, rain or thunder

Attention wears down as you concentrate, and pushing through it is how an hour of study turns into an hour of rereading the same line. A short pause is not lost time — it's what makes the next stretch worth anything.

Stepping away also gives new words room to settle. Memory does much of its filing while you are not studying, so the quiet after a lesson is doing more work than it looks like.

Most of these run ten minutes, which is the point of them: you know exactly when you are coming back.

Ocean waves & birds

Real waves and shorebirds at Flagler Beach.

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Rain

Steady Florida rain, nothing else.

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Stormy sunrise

Waves under a heavy, stormy sky.

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Waves & pelicans

Pelicans passing over the surf.

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A quiet morning

Ibis, ocean waves and a moment to breathe.

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Slow living by the ocean

A slower, shorter stretch of wave sounds.

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New timers are added regularly — see the whole playlist.