Focus session · decluttering · 45 min
45-minute decluttering session with café murmur and a timer, if you are sceptical about all of this
Sit down, press start, and move things out for 45 minutes. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
45:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Let the floor take your weight through your feet, and stop holding yourself up for a second. Scepticism is welcome. You do not have to believe anything for this to work. No preamble. We start with the body.
1 Before you start
- Close the door, or put headphones on, whichever signals "working" to the people around you.
- Remind yourself that you are allowed to produce something mediocre in the first pass.
- Make sure your chair is at a height where your feet are flat on the floor.
- Lower the bar until starting feels almost silly, then start.
- Put your phone in another room, or in a drawer you cannot reach without standing up.
2 While the timer runs
- If you feel restless, change your posture rather than your task.
- When you catch yourself re-reading the same sentence, stop and write down what you were looking for.
- The first urge to stop usually arrives early. Sit through it once and the second one is quieter.
- If nothing is working, write badly on purpose for two minutes.
3 When it ends
- 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.
- Note what you actually got done, not what you meant to get done.
4What to put on
café murmur — The blur of other people talking, with none of the words close enough to follow. Some people concentrate better with a low level of company.
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