Focus session · applications and forms · 25 min
25-minute applications and forms session with plain quiet and a timer, when your attention is scattered
Sit down, press start, and get through the questions for 25 minutes. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
25:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
If you're lying down, let the mattress hold all of you. You can stop holding yourself up. Scattered attention is the raw material, not an obstacle. No preamble. We start with the body.
1 Before you start
- Decide what counts as done for this block. "Two pages" is better than "make progress".
- Remind yourself that you are allowed to produce something mediocre in the first pass.
- Put the thing you keep reaching for out of arm's reach.
- Remember that motivation usually arrives after starting, not before.
- Clear the surface in front of you down to the thing you are working on.
2 While the timer runs
- If the task suddenly feels impossible, make it smaller rather than stopping. One paragraph. One function. One row.
- If you are suddenly sleepy, stand up for ten seconds and sit back down.
- If nothing is working, write badly on purpose for two minutes.
- Notice whether you are working or performing work. They look similar from the outside.
3 When it ends
- Stand up and move for at least two minutes. The break is part of the method, not a reward.
- Do not immediately open the thing you were avoiding. Give the block a proper end.
- Decide whether the next block is the same task or a different one. Do not drift into it.
4What to put on
plain quiet — No added sound at all. If you have a quiet room, that is usually better than any recording of one.
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