Focus session · planning · 25 min
25-minute focus block for planning — distant traffic, when you are not sure this will work
A timer, a short prep list, and 25 minutes to decide what happens when.
25:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Notice whether you're leaning forward. Most people are, slightly, all day. Not being sure it will work is a perfectly good reason to try it once. Keep it simple: breath in, breath out, notice.
1 Before you start
- Write down the one thing you are going to do, in a single sentence, before you start.
- Decide that today's session does not have to be good. It has to happen.
- Get water now, so you do not have to get up in fifteen minutes.
- Choose one question to answer in this block, rather than a whole subject to cover.
- Go to the toilet first. It sounds trivial until you are mid-sentence.
2 While the timer runs
- When you finish a piece, pause for three seconds before starting the next. It keeps the pace honest.
- When you catch yourself re-reading the same sentence, stop and write down what you were looking for.
- If you are bored, the boredom is usually the last thing before something clicks.
- When you get an idea for something else, park it. Do not follow it.
3 When it ends
- Leave the desk tidier than you found it. Two minutes now saves ten later.
- Resist the urge to review the work straight away. Come back to it later with fresh eyes.
- Write one line about where to start next time. Future you will be grateful.
4What to put on
distant traffic — A low continuous wash from a road you are not on. Familiar and easy to stop hearing.
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