3/10/2024 0 Comments Tomato timer 1 hourThis is because as my mind becomes more fatigued, my ability or energy to prioritize on the fly diminishes. ![]() This is something I’d prefer to avoid, as a preventative measure - when this happens, it accumulates stress and fatigue that could lead me to burnout if left unchecked.ģ hours of high focus without a break is verging on the border of being outright unproductive for me, but it may be different for others.Īnother downside of focusing for too long and taking breaks at a low frequency is that the longer the focus time, the more likely I am to go into a rabbit hole. Without a timer, the focus length can often get out of hand, eventually causing brain fog. This is due to inertia - without a timer to remind me to take a break, I continue on focusing on the task at hand until it’s complete, or until I get so tired that I am forced to take a break out of discomfort. Once I’ve entered the zone (flow), and am very focused on a task such as coding or writing a blog post, it’s actually difficult for me to take a break. 3 hours focus, 10 minutes break (very low frequency) In this post I’ll walk through several experiments I’ve done to optimize my focus time to break time ratio, by changing their lengths and frequency, and how they impacted my overall productivity. I’ve been tempted to cut these break times short, or remove them entirely, but the result was a huge dent in my productivity. ![]() I’ve been a longtime user of the pomodoro technique, where one focuses on a task for 25 minutes, and then takes a break for 5 minutes.
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