Focus session · coding · 50 min
50-minute coding session with a stream and a timer, when you have woken up too early
Sit down, press start, and work through the problem for 50 minutes. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
50:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Notice the heaviest part of your body right now. Let it be heavy. Waking too early is a specific kind of frustrating. This helps with the frustration. Straight through, at a normal pace.
1 Before you start
- Write down the one thing you are going to do, in a single sentence, before you start.
- Expect to want to stop at about the eight-minute mark. That is normal and it passes.
- Get water now, so you do not have to get up in fifteen minutes.
- Give yourself permission to stop when the timer ends, even mid-sentence.
- Set the timer where you can see it, or where you can deliberately not see it.
2 While the timer runs
- If nothing is working, write badly on purpose for two minutes.
- If you are suddenly sleepy, stand up for ten seconds and sit back down.
- Notice the moment your hand moves toward your phone. That moment is the whole skill.
- When you catch yourself re-reading the same sentence, stop and write down what you were looking for.
3 When it ends
- Write one line about where to start next time. Future you will be grateful.
- Resist the urge to review the work straight away. Come back to it later with fresh eyes.
- Take the break away from the screen, even if it is just the other side of the room.
4What to put on
a stream — Running water with small variation. Softer than rain and less repetitive than a fan.
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