Pomodoros – A focusing technique, which we use in the workshop itself!

1. Decide what you want to work on.
2. Start a 25 minute timer.
3. For the duration of the timer, don’t do anything that isn’t directed towards the thing you pre-specified. Don’t go to the bathroom, don’t go on Facebook, don’t question whether there is something more specific you could be doing.
4. When the timer goes off, start a 5 minute timer.
5. Have a break. Do anything except continuing to work on whatever you were focused on during your pomodoro
6. When the timer goes off, repeat steps 1-6 four times.
7. Once you have completed 4 Pomodoros, change your 5 minute break to a 20 minute break, and then repeat steps 1-7 as many times as you like.

Resources:
• Intend has a built-in Pomodoro timer
• TomatoTimer, a simple online Pomodoro timer