Focus session · coding · 45 min
A 45-minute block for coding, with distant thunder, when you have been on screens all day
A single 45-minute block for coding — one function at a time, not the whole system.
45:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Your breathing doesn't have to change yet. Let it be whatever size it currently is. After a day of screens, the eyes and the shoulders need this first. Straight through, at a normal pace.
1 Before you start
- Decide now what you will do when the timer ends. Otherwise the decision will eat the first five minutes.
- Choose one question to answer in this block, rather than a whole subject to cover.
- Close the door, or put headphones on, whichever signals "working" to the people around you.
- Remind yourself that you are allowed to produce something mediocre in the first pass.
- Get water now, so you do not have to get up in fifteen minutes.
2 While the timer runs
- It is fine to stare at the wall for a minute. That is often where the answer is.
- If you are bored, the boredom is usually the last thing before something clicks.
- When you catch yourself re-reading the same sentence, stop and write down what you were looking for.
- If you are suddenly sleepy, stand up for ten seconds and sit back down.
3 When it ends
- Do not immediately open the thing you were avoiding. Give the block a proper end.
- Note what you actually got done, not what you meant to get done.
- Stand up and move for at least two minutes. The break is part of the method, not a reward.
4What to put on
distant thunder — Low rumbles with long gaps. Suits people who find sudden noises more distracting than constant ones.
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