Focus session · planning · 25 min
A 25-minute block for planning, with forest at dusk, when you are waiting for something
A single 25-minute block for planning — on paper, so you can see it.
25:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Let your next exhale be a sigh, if a sigh is what's waiting there. Waiting is dead time you can spend on this instead. No preamble. We start with the body.
1 Before you start
- Put the thing you keep reaching for out of arm's reach.
- Promise yourself you will not check anything until the timer ends, including "just quickly".
- Turn off notifications for the next block, not just to silent.
- Tell yourself the goal is time spent, not output produced.
- Make sure your chair is at a height where your feet are flat on the floor.
2 While the timer runs
- When you have drifted for the fifth time, that is still four returns. Keep going.
- When you catch yourself re-reading the same sentence, stop and write down what you were looking for.
- It is fine to stare at the wall for a minute. That is often where the answer is.
- If you feel the urge to check something, write it on the paper beside you and keep going. Deal with the list afterwards.
3 When it ends
- Leave the desk tidier than you found it. Two minutes now saves ten later.
- Write one line about where to start next time. Future you will be grateful.
- Note what you actually got done, not what you meant to get done.
4What to put on
forest at dusk — Birds settling, leaves moving, nothing sudden. It works because it sounds like a place you can safely ignore.
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