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How to set achievable goals
How to create and stick to a schedule
How to break down large projects into smaller manageable tasks
Benefits of the Flowtime Technique
- You can use your Flowtime data to see how much time you're dedicating to different types of tasks. This can help you create better estimates for how long future jobs will take.
- Consider adding a column to track interruptions like calls, texts or emails to help you discover your biggest sources of distraction.
- Keeping track of how long you can focus can help you identify days and times of the day when you're most focused or most distracted.
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The Pomodoro Technique
Pomodoro is doing focused work in 25-minute sessions throughout the day.
After each session, take a five-minute break. After completing four consecutive Pomodoros, take a 20 to 30-minute break.
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The Problem with Pomodoro
Pomodoro is excellent for tackling tasks you don't feel like doing or jobs that require little thought.
However, other tasks, like writing or coding, require uninterrupted time. The problem with the Pomodoro method is that the timer is a consistent interruption that prevents you from ge...
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The Flowtime Technique
It is a modified Pomodoro. And it solves Pomodoro's big problems.
- It works by writing down one task you intend to work on during a focus session.
- Then work until you start feeling tired or distracted, write down the end time, and take a break. A break can be an...
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#8 Offtime
Do you sit down to study only to get instantly distracted by calls, texts, emails or social media alerts? Then you need Offtime in your life!
It allows you to block incoming calls, texts and notifications for set periods of time and can also stop you accessing apps during this time so no m...
11. Being Bad at Estimating Time
Most of us tend to underestimate how long projects and tasks will take us to finish.
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Cons of the time blocking practice
- It takes a lot of time and effort.
- Few of us (if any) have the same schedule every day.
- We’re bad at estimating how long tasks will take to do.
- Constant interruptions and “urgent” tasks
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