![]() There is no silver bullet here, but I have a few tricks, for coding in general i find that moving to work on different areas or levels of abstraction help prune the decision tree higher up which can get you out of a little local minima with too many decisions that are grinding you to a halt. noticing this is important because rather than just grinding away harder, it is likely a change strategy is needed in order to get back into "the mode". If this is a repeat occurrence within some short period of time then I am stuck. Recognising this is not as easy as you might think at first.ΔΆ. Either way I should make it a proper break, go make a cup of tea and leave the computer, think about where I am. First consciously "notice" deviation (being susceptible to 30sec check of HN or whatever), I tend to start deviating because I have found a natural break or because I am stuck (deviating in quick succession). However, I get stuck just like everyone else, and I think "getting stuck" is the problem Pomodoro is _really_ trying to solve, but to me it feels unnatural. If you've ever been "in the mode" you might know what I mean. I've come across "Pomodoro" many times over the years but one thing has always prevented me from bothering to consider it: when "in the mode" 20 mins or 30 mins or some other arbitrary length of time just isn't long enough. Especially engineering types (as most people on hackernews) tend to have a problem accepting how convoluted psychology is, but sometimes just the decision to try to fix something fixes it. It's probably a chicken-or-the-egg problem or even a plain old placebo effect, but it seems to work. The actual benefit of partitioning your day into exact 25 minute intervals is probably negligible, but while you're dealing with all this, you're actively working on being more productive and that alone has its benefits. ![]() And you have a story to tell people when they ask about your work. You can track your progress and have fun charts to compare with potentially exciting results. ![]() I feel like a lot of these "life hack" kinda things are essentially just little pieces of entertainment/motivation you need to muster the initial energy needed to break a bad habit. It's how I do it, without thinking (and admittedly, whenever I break that kind of cycle too drastically, I get unproductive). Basically, the timing is just how a human being does exhausting work, isn't it? The exact minutes aside, you work for a bit, then you need a break (5 minutes is nothing, really). ![]()
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