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Try the Pomodoro Technique if you spend too much time on your tasks.

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01 preface

Technical time is always valuable, and there has to be a certain level of quality assurance about what gets done every day. In addition to properly arranging the time at work and completing the tasks at work every day, I also need to recharge my batteries and keep learning.

In fact, we should feel a little strange here, I have no time to study except to finish the work arranged by the company every day, so how to do? In fact, we do not rule out the overtime because of the company that problem, but I think the time arrangement above oneself also need to make a little change.

Recently, I have been thinking that many people think that they have a full day of study time, why their progress is not improved, even a little inefficient. Even their own entertainment time is considered to be a waste of time, should put more time on learning, so really good?

02 Change your Mind

In fact, let’s think about it for a moment. It’s not that we have less time, but that our time is not right. Do you wake up until noon? Is the time for entertainment all over the study?

If oneself are such, might as well try the tomato working method that I introduce next, the likelihood does not have very big effect at the beginning, but hold to a week or so please, you can have different feeling.

Pomodoro technique

It was invented a long time ago, but its core was so simple that many people didn’t believe in it.

The Basic Idea is to plan out what you want to accomplish during the day, breaking the day into 25-minute chunks. You must concentrate on one task without distraction for 25 minutes.

The “flow” divides the day into 25-minute chunks, followed by a 5-minute break after the first 25-minute break. This is the “Tomato clock.” When you’re done with four tomato clocks, you take a 15-minute break.

How to practice

As I said at the beginning, when you start out, the effect is so small that you feel worthless. So how do you do that?

  • Get started. Get used to the Pomodoro technique
  • Don’t care how many tomato clocks you finish

When you try this approach, start with small tasks and then, as you get used to them, you can set yourself up to complete as many tomatos per day as you want.

The Pomodoro technique allows you to keep track of your daily tasks and the number of tasks you complete to focus on things and make your efforts visible.

03 Change your mindset

In fact, another function of pomodoro technique is to change your mind. Your mind is very important for study and work. When you are anxious and irritable, will you still focus on study?

Why are we anxious?

Clearly they have arranged most of the time to study, why they will be anxious about learning? It’s very simple. You don’t see your own completion, which means you don’t quantify your own work, and you don’t know exactly where you’re spending your time.

You’ll have a nagging problem with feeling guilty that you didn’t get more done, as if you’re permanently excluded from relaxing activities like entertainment, so much so that sitting down to play a game or watch a video is considered sinful. Here’s what happens to you:

  • Afraid to entertainment
  • self-doubt
  • A vicious cycle

How to change

Try chunking your time. Then try chunking your tasks. Using the Pomodoro technique, complete a small portion of your task during your focused time.

  • Focus for 25 minutes, rest for 5 minutes
  • Set a tomato clock for the day
  • Get used to the Pomodoro technique

These are just a few suggestions, but the main purpose is to benefit you from the Pomodoro technique. Because you will be able to finish your work or study tasks, you will have more time to do your own things, games/movies/activities, etc.

Once you get used to it, you’ll find that your work-life outlook improves dramatically, allowing you to get more done with your limited time, and most importantly, not feeling guilty about enjoying your time. For example, if you finish your tomato clock for the day (planned in advance), then there’s still time left over that you can do more work or that you can use for fun (playing video games/watching movies) without feeling guilty or even feeling a little proud.

The Pomodoro Technique can help you grow more:

  • Improve work/study efficiency
  • Change your mindset
  • Make yourself more focused

“Good news“

This allows you to stay focused, have a productive day, and get more done than usual

“The bad news“

It takes a while to get used to it, and it’s very difficult to achieve multiple tomato hours of focus, which may not be what you expected

04 Can’t focus?

Many office workers will say that their office has never been a focused environment, for a while others will interrupt your thinking, for a while others ask you things……

If you’ve been working in this kind of environment, you’re probably having a hard time, so it’s time to talk to someone about your working hours and focus time, and if you’re not in a hurry, try to get you through a tomato clock before rescheduled.

In fact, we all know that when you can focus on your study time, you will be more productive, which is why others prefer to be alone when they are working, because it allows them to be fully engaged.

05 summary

In fact, the principle of the Pomodoro technique is to give your brain enough rest to work or study in a relaxed environment.

Suits the crowd

A lot of people might say, I’m a programmer working overtime every day, demand after demand, don’t have time to focus for 25 minutes. Actually this also cannot deny your idea, although cannot assure all time is accurate subdivision, but at least you can be in non working time, study charge time to use, if you are still in school student or do not work overtime, so this kind of method suits you very much.

Set weekly Goals

Some people think they can’t accomplish anything worthwhile in a day. Working 8 hours a day can theoretically accomplish 16 tomato hours, but in practice it is very demanding.

Try to stretch out your time and see how many tomato-clocks you can accomplish over the course of a week. If you can achieve your goal, you can try to increase the number of hours a week next time to motivate yourself to complete more tasks and improve your study efficiency.

  • Achievement goal: continuous improvement
  • Go beyond your goals: Enjoy life
  • Below target: Adjust time

Try the Pomodoro technique at first. Don’t care how many goals you accomplish, just get comfortable with the technique. By exploring yourself and learning more about yourself, you can figure out what kind of workload works for you and set a unique schedule.

Then you’ll have a reason to play games, watch TV, and enjoy yourself.