I second making it a ritual. Have a specific time when you stop for breaks. I think it was Graham Greene who would stop writing after he hit 500 words, even if

I second making it a ritual. Have a specific time when you stop for breaks. I think it was Graham Greene who would stop writing after he hit 500 words, even if he was in the middle of a sentence. Try setting times for those breaks – say, 10:00 am for a morning break, 1:00 pm for lunch, etc. Just remember that it will take time to adapt to this and to form the habit of taking breaks. Do it a bit at a time and you'll get there.