Focus session · drawing · 50 min
50-minute focus session for drawing with birds at dawn, when you are short on time
50 minutes on drawing — without correcting anything yet. 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.
Then find the nearest sound. It's probably your own breathing. Pick this one when you are short on time. No preamble. We start with the body.
1 Before you start
- Take one slow breath before you press start, so the session has a beginning.
- Let go of the version of this task you imagined doing perfectly.
- Decide now what you will do when the timer ends. Otherwise the decision will eat the first five minutes.
- Plan to leave the last two minutes for writing down where to pick up next time.
- Clear the surface in front of you down to the thing you are working on.
2 While the timer runs
- If you start tidying your desk, that is avoidance. Sit back down.
- 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.
- Notice the moment your hand moves toward your phone. That moment is the whole skill.
3 When it ends
- Leave the file open if you are coming back. Closing it makes restarting harder.
- Put the notes you made where you will find them next time.
- Resist the urge to review the work straight away. Come back to it later with fresh eyes.
4What to put on
birds at dawn — Bright but not sharp. Better for early sessions than for late ones.
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