Fifteen minutes is where a session starts to feel like work instead of a warm-up. In a quarter hour you can write a page of notes, get through a short lesson, or work a handful of practice problems, and the finish line never feels far away.
It also fits the gaps in a day: the quarter hour before a meeting, after lunch, or while something is in the oven. Instead of losing those minutes to tabs and notifications, give them one task.
