Hello Kate. This was a good tip that I will try: "Generate a list of tasks you can do during your break so you’re more likely to actually take a break." I will add folding laundry (which I actually find pleasing!).
It's such a great method but I haven't used it for years - this definitely made me want to do it again though! Especially love the colouring sheet to show your progress. So motivating to do that! I did a similar thing in a bullet journal when I was paying off a debt and it was so cool to see the boxes fill up with each increment I paid off. Thanks for the reminder about this, Kate! ✨ Also YES to gaming: my Dad just won a collector's edition of the new Zelda in a competition online so he's giving it to me! Can't wait to play it - it'll be the first of the series I've tried and I've heard great things. Would love to play the Star Wars game too. I'd be on the lightsaber for sure. 😆 Me and my brother used to play games like that (sight/sticks) when we were kids, so much fun to do it like that!
I could never get into using the pomodoro method. What I prefer is to use a stopwatch. Instead of counting down, the time counts up. When I decide I'm "done", I end the stopwatch and can see how long I was focused for. When I used Forest, the stopwatch feature was useful to me. I now use an app called Toggl track and Tick Tick. I tend to ignore the pomodoro options and only use stopwatch.
I never know if I'll be able to focus or even want to focus for 25 minutes so I'd rather track how long I'm focused for instead. The concept of forced breaks also doesn't work for me most of the time. I prefer to do one thing and move on to the next. Having a break in between feels like I'm "lingering" in between a task. I hope some of what i said made sense. I do think some of your tips are useful if I ever want to give pomodoros a try again.
Hello Kate. This was a good tip that I will try: "Generate a list of tasks you can do during your break so you’re more likely to actually take a break." I will add folding laundry (which I actually find pleasing!).
It's such a great method but I haven't used it for years - this definitely made me want to do it again though! Especially love the colouring sheet to show your progress. So motivating to do that! I did a similar thing in a bullet journal when I was paying off a debt and it was so cool to see the boxes fill up with each increment I paid off. Thanks for the reminder about this, Kate! ✨ Also YES to gaming: my Dad just won a collector's edition of the new Zelda in a competition online so he's giving it to me! Can't wait to play it - it'll be the first of the series I've tried and I've heard great things. Would love to play the Star Wars game too. I'd be on the lightsaber for sure. 😆 Me and my brother used to play games like that (sight/sticks) when we were kids, so much fun to do it like that!
I definitely used it during my work-from-home years. Otherwise, I found I would work straight through 3 hours and be really stressed.
I could never get into using the pomodoro method. What I prefer is to use a stopwatch. Instead of counting down, the time counts up. When I decide I'm "done", I end the stopwatch and can see how long I was focused for. When I used Forest, the stopwatch feature was useful to me. I now use an app called Toggl track and Tick Tick. I tend to ignore the pomodoro options and only use stopwatch.
I never know if I'll be able to focus or even want to focus for 25 minutes so I'd rather track how long I'm focused for instead. The concept of forced breaks also doesn't work for me most of the time. I prefer to do one thing and move on to the next. Having a break in between feels like I'm "lingering" in between a task. I hope some of what i said made sense. I do think some of your tips are useful if I ever want to give pomodoros a try again.