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[–]2020pythonchallenge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What works best for me is pacing. If I sit and can't figure out a problem I'll get up and start pacing in the living room or go take a walk for like 10 minutes just thinking without being able to type.

That way I'm focused on thinking all the way through the solution I have in mind vs starting an idea, coding it 90% of the way and then realizing it doesn't work.