Focus session · portfolio work · 90 min
90-minute portfolio work session with a stream and a timer, if you have done this a hundred times
Sit down, press start, and finish the pieces 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.
Notice where your body touches the chair. That contact is doing more for you than it looks. If you have done this a hundred times, change one small thing tonight. This works better when you don't overthink it.
1 Before you start
- Dim the screen slightly. Bright screens make long sessions harder than they need to be.
- Decide in advance that a bad sentence is still progress.
- 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.
- Close every tab that is not needed for this one task. Not minimised — closed.
2 While the timer runs
- When the timer feels too long, look at it less. The clock is not the task.
- If you are bored, the boredom is usually the last thing before something clicks.
- It is fine to stare at the wall for a minute. That is often where the answer is.
- When you finish a piece, pause for three seconds before starting the next. It keeps the pace honest.
3 When it ends
- Note what you actually got done, not what you meant to get done.
- If it went badly, note one thing that worked anyway. There is usually one.
- Look out of a window for thirty seconds. Your eyes have been at one distance for a while.
4What to put on
a stream — Running water with small variation. Softer than rain and less repetitive than a fan.
This page is a tool, not a course. Nothing is tracked, nothing is saved, and nobody is told whether you finished.