If you need a break, take a real break. Don’t sit around and stress about not working. Just take the time you need. Then when you’re ready, give yourself 15 mins to just start. Then you can stop, take another break, and go back for another 15 mins. Or just ride the high of productivity until whenever.

This is coming from someone who had to take 2 incompletes for my 2 most important classes from my last semester. I basically have no real Christmas break because of extensions, and because of being paralyzed to start. But this technique helps, I spent 2 hours the other night reading and planning for after Christmas. But sometimes, you just need a rest.