Focus session · drawing · 90 min

90-minute focus block for drawing — distant thunder, when you are waiting for something

A timer, a short prep list, and 90 minutes to fill the page.

90:00

Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.

Check your hands. Are they doing anything? Let them stop. Waiting is dead time you can spend on this instead. No preamble. We start with the body.

1 Before you start

Decide what counts as done for this block. "Two pages" is better than "make progress".
If your mind is already racing, write down the three loudest thoughts before you begin.
Have a piece of paper beside you for the thoughts that will try to interrupt.
Remember that motivation usually arrives after starting, not before.
Set the timer where you can see it, or where you can deliberately not see it.

The first urge to stop usually arrives early. Sit through it once and the second one is quieter.
If you start tidying your desk, that is avoidance. Sit back down.
When you finish a piece, pause for three seconds before starting the next. It keeps the pace honest.
Notice whether you are working or performing work. They look similar from the outside.

Write down the question you could not answer, so it has somewhere to live.
Leave the file open if you are coming back. Closing it makes restarting harder.
Look out of a window for thirty seconds. Your eyes have been at one distance for a while.

distant thunder — Low rumbles with long gaps. Suits people who find sudden noises more distracting than constant ones.

This page is a tool, not a course. Nothing is tracked, nothing is saved, and nobody is told whether you finished.