by far the best "trick" (such as it is) is to use study as a break from some other, worse drudgery. Productive procrastination. You need your life to be so bor

by far the best "trick" (such as it is) is to use study as a break from some other, worse drudgery. Productive procrastination. You need your life to be so boring, and so full of non-intellectual chores that you long for an hour to look at code again. This borders on facetious: but try becoming a manager, having kids, or becoming a hermit, I did all three and my side gigs / study was never better than during that time. I learned to just remove fun until the chores were fun. Like how carrots are actually really sweet tasting if you stop eating sugar.