Focus session · reading · 25 min
25-minute focus session for reading with forest at dusk, if you are tired of apps
25 minutes on reading — pages rather than paragraphs. 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.
Part of you is still in the last conversation you had. That's fine. It can sit here too. No account, no streak, no notification asking how you feel. We'll be efficient and then you can get on with your day.
1 Before you start
- Make sure your chair is at a height where your feet are flat on the floor.
- Remind yourself that you are allowed to produce something mediocre in the first pass.
- Set the timer where you can see it, or where you can deliberately not see it.
- 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
- The first urge to stop usually arrives early. Sit through it once and the second one is quieter.
- If your attention keeps sliding, shorten the next block rather than abandoning this one.
- If you feel restless, change your posture rather than your task.
- If you are bored, the boredom is usually the last thing before something clicks.
3 When it ends
- Put the notes you made where you will find them next time.
- Stand up and move for at least two minutes. The break is part of the method, not a reward.
- Resist the urge to review the work straight away. Come back to it later with fresh eyes.
4What to put on
forest at dusk — Birds settling, leaves moving, nothing sudden. It works because it sounds like a place you can safely ignore.
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