Focus session · design work · 90 min
90-minute design work session with distant traffic and a timer, if you are tired of apps
Sit down, press start, and make decisions for 90 minutes. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
90:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Rest your hands somewhere they don't have to do anything. No account, no streak, no notification asking how you feel. Follow the instructions and let the rest look after itself.
1 Before you start
- Take one slow breath before you press start, so the session has a beginning.
- Expect to want to stop at about the eight-minute mark. That is normal and it passes.
- Have a piece of paper beside you for the thoughts that will try to interrupt.
- Choose one question to answer in this block, rather than a whole subject to cover.
- Make sure your chair is at a height where your feet are flat on the floor.
2 While the timer runs
- If the task suddenly feels impossible, make it smaller rather than stopping. One paragraph. One function. One row.
- The first urge to stop usually arrives early. Sit through it once and the second one is quieter.
- When you catch yourself re-reading the same sentence, stop and write down what you were looking for.
- If you are suddenly sleepy, stand up for ten seconds and sit back down.
3 When it ends
- Leave the desk tidier than you found it. Two minutes now saves ten later.
- Look out of a window for thirty seconds. Your eyes have been at one distance for a while.
- Say the session is finished, out loud if you can. It marks the boundary.
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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