Tried the two-new-problems-a-day thing in January, felt like a machine for three weeks, then completely stopped for a month after burning out. Restarted smaller, one problem every other day, and it's stuck for six weeks now but progress feels slower. Curious what pacing has actually held up for people long term versus what just looked good for a few weeks.
Combination of a hard daily cap, never more than 45 minutes even if I'm on a roll, and giving myself full weekends off no exceptions is the only thing that's kept me from burning out twice already this year.
Following this thread with interest. Building a small spaced-repetition habit around problem patterns instead of always chasing something new has been the closest thing to a system that's actually stuck for me, three months in so far.
I switched to reviewing old problems instead of always doing new ones and burnout dropped a lot. Novelty was the addictive but exhausting part.
Every other day with a hard cap on time (I do 45 minutes max) has been the only thing that's lasted more than a month for me. Daily just wasn't sustainable.
