I might have found the only productivity technique that actually works
I hear a ticking sound. Not the keys, but an ordinary, wind-up kitchen timer. In this case, a virtual one. It’s counting down from 25 minutes. When the timer rings, I’ll stop working. I’ll take a five-minute break to compete one 30-minute work cycle. Then I’ll start the timer over at 25. If this post is complete and edited in the first 30-minute cycle, I’ll start a new task. If not, I’ll continue work on this post until it’s complete. It’s all part of a remarkable productivity technique called The Pomodoro Technique. The greatest difference between this productivity technique—describe almost in its entirety in two short paragraphs above—and all other techniques is work. The Pomodoro Method focuses on working, not on planning, organizing, or theorizing. A little background I “discovered” David Allen’s Getting Things Done method in about 2002. It was brand new, and it truly changed the way I planned. It didn’t really change