Focus session · portfolio work · 90 min
90-minute portfolio work session with distant traffic and a timer, when you only have a few minutes
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 whether you're leaning forward. Most people are, slightly, all day. A few minutes is the whole requirement. Keep it simple: breath in, breath out, notice.
1 Before you start
- Make sure your chair is at a height where your feet are flat on the floor.
- Decide in advance that a bad sentence is still progress.
- Decide now what you will do when the timer ends. Otherwise the decision will eat the first five minutes.
- Remind yourself that you are allowed to produce something mediocre in the first pass.
- Close every tab that is not needed for this one task. Not minimised — closed.
2 While the timer runs
- If the task suddenly feels impossible, make it smaller rather than stopping. One paragraph. One function. One row.
- If your attention keeps sliding, shorten the next block rather than abandoning this one.
- When you finish a piece, pause for three seconds before starting the next. It keeps the pace honest.
- When you notice you have drifted, do not restart the block. Just come back and carry on counting from where the timer is.
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.
- Roll your shoulders and your neck before the next block.
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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