Thanks, yes good to remind myself about Pomodoro... And yes I do use timers a LOT. I use the to set up what I call "do nothing but" time - i.e. focused time, measure by timer were no distractions of ANY sort is allowed. And then 'compulsory' breaks.
However having worked out how many Pomodoros each task is likely to take, according this this video the suggestion is "set the timetable according to your to dos, to your time or even to the season" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT70iCaG0Gs [see 1:09 ] That's all very well but there is no easy way to add up how many Pomodoros will fit into a day. Plus it rather goes against GTD theory which assume priorities are likely to shift around quite a lot within a given day. While I'm here I like some of what Tim Ferris says here: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/ especially his point 4. "Do not let people ramble" "...A big part of GTD is GTP — Getting To the Point." On Friday, 2 October 2015 19:56:34 UTC+1, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Hi, John. > You should Google "the Pomodoro technique" > -Dwight > Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 > > On Oct 2, 2015, J Smith <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> >> Hmmm.... I'm not so sure. >> >> "Now! Now! Now!" sounds more like a recipe for stress than a recipe for >> success. >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, 2 October 2015 17:26:09 UTC+1, Majorbillion wrote: >>> >>> J: >>> >>> I have this quote on my monitor: >>> >>> Patton: “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect >>> plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.” >>> >>> Eddie >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:23 AM, J Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> P.S. >>>> To get clear you can add a Start Date and/or a Due Date easily enough >>>> for a task, but I don't think you can do anything similar for a Context... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, 2 October 2015 17:14:20 UTC+1, J Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello >>>>> >>>>> I am working at home a lot and I have a problem with the way I am >>>>> using MLO which is that I keep "ploughing too deeply". i.e. I am spending >>>>> too long on tasks and being too perfectionist about things. Part of the >>>>> problem is that I am also not jumping into different Contexts often >>>>> enough. >>>>> (In fact I often do not bother to add a context for things that must be >>>>> done at the computer screen and this may not help) >>>>> >>>>> I rather feel that I should allocate block of time for each context. >>>>> However I can see no obvious way to put this sort of thing into MLO. >>>>> >>>>> Do you have any hints / tricks that you use? >>>>> >>>>> e.g. I am toying with using a kitchen timer for this sort of thing... >>>>> i.e. only allow a certain amount of time in one sitting for each context. >>>>> >>>>> J >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/500e516d-e7f8-4f9e-85c8-af4fce663cc3%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/500e516d-e7f8-4f9e-85c8-af4fce663cc3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/784b468d-fddb-4d5f-852b-7b4148fe26a4%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/784b468d-fddb-4d5f-852b-7b4148fe26a4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/a25764dc-7bfc-4ce6-bda7-0c19c685e251%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
