Focus session · applications and forms · 45 min
A 45-minute block for applications and forms, with brown noise, when you are waiting for something
A single 45-minute block for applications and forms — dull but finite.
45:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
There is nothing to get right here. Nothing is being scored. Waiting is dead time you can spend on this instead. We'll go through it in order, without much decoration.
1 Before you start
- Close the door, or put headphones on, whichever signals "working" to the people around you.
- Remember that motivation usually arrives after starting, not before.
- Make sure your chair is at a height where your feet are flat on the floor.
- Tell yourself the goal is time spent, not output produced.
- Put the thing you keep reaching for out of arm's reach.
2 While the timer runs
- If you feel the urge to check something, write it on the paper beside you and keep going. Deal with the list afterwards.
- Notice whether you are working or performing work. They look similar from the outside.
- The first urge to stop usually arrives early. Sit through it once and the second one is quieter.
- Notice the moment your hand moves toward your phone. That moment is the whole skill.
3 When it ends
- Note what you actually got done, not what you meant to get done.
- Leave the file open if you are coming back. Closing it makes restarting harder.
- Stand up and move for at least two minutes. The break is part of the method, not a reward.
4What to put on
brown noise — Lower and softer than white noise, closer to a waterfall heard from a distance. Good if white noise feels too hissy.
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