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June 28, 2009 4:56 PM
The Pomodoro Technique  Staffan Nöteberg wrote a super little book called The Pomodoro Technique. Francesco Cirillo blogs about it. And between the book, the blog, and the emerging community, there's a good deal of wisdom about time, productivity, rhythm, and awareness.
That's a lot, considering the core practice, known as "a pomodoro" is:
- Choose a task to be accomplished
- Set the Pomodoro* to 25 minutes (the Pomodoro is the timer)
- Work on the task until the Pomodoro rings, then put a check on your sheet of paper
- Take a short break (5 minutes is OK)
- Every 4 Pomodoros take a longer break
On Friday, you can download an interview with Sean D'Souza about time, focus, and chaos. It's going to be a bit of a mind-bender, I think, because Sean has devised simple structures that make being disorganized productive.
I know. Sounds weird. But it works really, really well. (I've been using it since December.)
Meanwhile, check out The Pomodoro Technique. You can download the ebook free by clicking on the title: The Pomodoro Technique.
*A Pomodoro is one of those little kitchen timers that looks like a tomato. Like in the picture.
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Love those little timers. Great idea. When I break down tasks, it really works. Posted by: Eliana Gilad
at June 28, 2009 5:34 PM I use something similar to this technique - although I don't have a Pomodoro (maybe I need one - it's much cuter than my timer). Sometimes I do 15 minutes. With dishes I do 5 minutes. That's the only way I'll do them. Because if I think I have to do a full sink of dishes, I'll walk out of the kitchen and not one dish will get done. But if I give myself permission to just do 5 minutes, they pretty much get done. That's the beauty of this technique - it gets you started. And that's the only way a task ever gets done. Posted by: Jessica
at June 28, 2009 8:13 PM
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