INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Fresh outdoor air helps clear your mind, while exercise promotes blood flow and makes you feel more energetic. Go for a brief walk, do sets of push-ups or jumping jacks, or engage in your favorite sport or physical activity. If you do exercise or play a sport, make sure you don't feel too sweaty, tired, or uncomfortable afterward. It's best to stick with a moderate energy activity instead of a vigorous one. For instance, you could shoot a few baskets, but it might not be a good idea to play an actual game of basketball. If the weather isn't good or if you don't want to exercise outside for another reason, consider including some indoor physical activity. Even marching or jogging in place for a few minutes should give you a quick energy boost. Clutter such as loose papers, coffee mugs, and trash can be distracting, and prevent you from being able to fully focus and relax while studying. Take advantage of break time to throw away trash and remove items you don't need from your desk. At the same time, keep in mind that this should be a break. If cleaning your study area seems like a long or demanding process--something to dread--it might be best to skip this activity during your break time and save it for after you finish this study session or before you start tomorrow's session. Talking with someone in person or over the phone helps break up the monotony of quiet studying, and distracts you from your studies when you need a break. Just make sure you're able to stop talking once your time is up. Choose someone who will be understanding and willing to end the conversation early--a parent, for instance, or another friend who can coordinate their study schedule with yours. Briefly explain that you're on a time limit, set your timer as usual, and avoid heavy conversations that are likely to extend past your break time. Healthy snacks such as nuts, fruits, and vegetables are loaded with antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that give your brain and body the nourishment it needs to refuel so you can get back to studying. Consider snacking on a handful of nut or seeds for some energizing vitamin E, or biting into a bar of dark chocolate (which also contains antioxidants and a small dose of caffeine). Since these foods tend to be high in calories and fat, however, you should stick to only an ounce a day. Other options might include whole grain popcorn, crackers, or chips, avocados, and blueberries. . These exercises naturally help you feel calm and relaxed, and are effective at refreshing your brain so it can absorb more information. After setting your timer, sit somewhere quiet and comfortable, with your eyes closed or fixed on a blank space (like an undecorated wall). Take deep breaths--inhaling over five seconds, holding for five seconds, and exhaling for five seconds--and focus on the way it feels to have your lungs fill with and release the air. There are other forms of meditation you can also dabble with. For example, you might try mantra meditation, in which you'll repeat a short, calming word or sound--like "om"--to help clear your mind and release tension. Read an enjoyable book, magazine, or other content unrelated to your studies. This helps refocus your brain on another topic so you can return to your studies later on with a fresh perspective. Like any other break activity, you should make sure that you choose reading material you can break away from easily when your timer goes off. This is not the time to pick up that captivating, page-turning novel you've been dying to read. Instead, consider something like an anthology of short stories or a magazine. Research shows that listening to your favorite tunes encourages the release of feel-good chemical dopamine, which can make you feel rewarded after intense study sessions. If you're the dancing type, consider dancing around or singing as you listen to your music, too. Doing so could also provide some physical activity, which gets your blood flowing in a way that energizes the mind. Showering refreshes and invigorates your body and mind, and helps you feel more calm and relaxed. If you feel frustrated or tired, take a quick shower to reset your brain. Depending on how long your normal "beauty routine" is, you might want to save this for a break time happening later in the night, when you can skip the routine without worrying about leaving the house and being seen with your hair still unstyled and your clothes looking wrinkled. When you're studying at school or a place like a library, it isn't exactly easy or appropriate to go outside for a walk or get up and dance, so find things you can do that won't disrupt others. You might do some stretching, rest your eyes, get up to sharpen a pencil or ask your teacher to go to the bathroom or get a drink of water. You might take some time to do a little doodling or organize your backpack or study materials. Use your best judgment for what is ok to do on a break and ask your teacher if you're not sure about something. If your teacher doesn't seem to understand, try to explain that you learn better if you are able to take some study breaks.

SUMMARY: Exercise outdoors. Tidy and clean up your study area. Have a conversation with someone. Snack on healthy foods. Practice meditation and deep breathing Read something relaxing. Listen to your favorite music. Take a shower. At school stick to low-key break activities.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: One of the telltale signs of laryngitis is hoarseness, which refers to the raspy, strained quality your voice gets when you've used it too much. To make your voice sound raspy and gravelly, practice vibrating your vocal chords like you're croaking like a frog. Also practice making bah noises like you're a sheep, because this will also vibrate your vocal chords. After practicing making sounds, start incorporating that same raspy quality into your speaking voice. Another common thing that happens when you have laryngitis is that you'll experience unintentional changes in the volume and pitch of your voice as you speak. When you're speaking, try to make your voice crack as you say certain words, and then make your voice fade out briefly so it's quieter than usual. Alternate between doing this and speaking in your regular (but hoarse) voice. In addition to the voice cracking and fading, you should also whisper more when you speak if you want to fake losing your voice. When you have laryngitis, your vocal chords will often have trouble producing sound, and you can replicate this by dropping your voice to a strained whisper intermittently as you speak. Make sure you continue alternating between your voice cracking, fading, whispering, and speaking hoarsely at a normal volume. When you transition between these different voice effects, try to make the transition as natural as possible so people don't know you're forcing it. Laryngitis often causes a rawness in the throat and a dry throat, so it's common for people who've lost their voice to cough sometimes when they speak. Don't cough too much, but throw in a few dry coughs if you've been talking for a while. A cough is created when your body forcefully expels air from the lungs, which is different from vibrating your vocal chords to create speech, meaning you can still cough if you've lost your voice.

SUMMARY:
Sound hoarse. Make your voice crack and fade. Throw in some strained whispering when you speak. Cough when you talk.