My experience with Pomodoros

Date: 2022-01-03

History

• I've really struggled with pomodoros
• I don't like how it gets me out of the zone
• and how it leads to context switching
• I keep coming back to it
  • maybe my 10th time of trying pomodoros again
  • because my autopilot is
    • less productive because it leads to burnout
    • I want to learn how to pace myself

I'm going to write some of my resistance here

New approach I'm trying in 2022

• when taking a break, I won't actually distract myself, I'll
• I'll force myself to break tasks down
  • and have some sort of warning when there's 5 minutes left
• let go of the mentality of "there's still time to do something" when there's only ~1 minute left

Jan 14 Update

• I've already stopped using Pomodoros
• it's tough
• something more effective is building natural breakpoints at work

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Last update: 2023-04-24