![]() That's longer than I usually take for a topic I know well, but it's not bad for an 8 minute read. ![]() You’d even have 15 minutes left over to brush your teeth and get ready for bed If you’re not planning on sleeping (bad idea) You can do 43 pomodoros in a single day, again this includes a 5 minute. That tells me it took about 3.5 hours to finish this piece. Assuming you sleep 8 hours, you can do 28 pomodoros in one day, resting for 5 minutes after each and 20 minutes after every fourth pomodoro. It will take me at least one Pomodoro to do that final edit and publish in the morning. I like to let an article sit overnight to put fresh eyes on it in the morning to make it easier for me to catch typos or awkward phrasing. So, it took me about 4 Pomodoros to write this article, and another two for first edits. You can use Pomodoros to time how long a task takes. I've done a roundup of timer apps to help you decide which is your favorite. Some days, I like the homey tick of an analog timer, and they make them shaped like tomatoes if you want to stick with the theme. I have used Forest on my phone in the past, which was much better for flow and reducing distractions since it blocks notifications while you use it. Yes, I'd like to finish it today, but feeling rushed makes the writing more stressful and less enjoyable. Perhaps because I use a timer for tasks like washing dishes, knowing the timer was going made me feel like there's a time limit on writing this draft. Have the sound on your timer turned up and your phone turned down. I could use the quiet bongs more effectively in that scenario, I think. Pomodoros work better with that because my body needs the breaks and my mind doesn't care whether I get interrupted in the middle of hanging the clothes back up. Like, once I get started I sometimes don't stop for a whole day. I think there is a difference between "hyperfocus" and "flow" in this case. ![]() Although the idea of focused time alternating with a break is useful for me, 25 minutes would work for some tasks (like decluttering my closet) but pulls me out of deep focus when I'm writing.
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