Focus session · drawing · 50 min
A 50-minute block for drawing, with a stream, before something difficult
A single 50-minute block for drawing — without correcting anything yet.
50:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Let the first out-breath be longer than the in-breath. Nothing dramatic, just longer. It works best in the hour before something difficult. We'll go through it in order, without much decoration.
1 Before you start
- Clear the surface in front of you down to the thing you are working on.
- Tell yourself the goal is time spent, not output produced.
- 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.
- Go to the toilet first. It sounds trivial until you are mid-sentence.
2 While the timer runs
- If you are bored, the boredom is usually the last thing before something clicks.
- When you get an idea for something else, park it. Do not follow it.
- If a thought will not leave, give it one line on the page and return to the task.
- When you have drifted for the fifth time, that is still four returns. Keep going.
3 When it ends
- Decide whether the next block is the same task or a different one. Do not drift into it.
- Take the break away from the screen, even if it is just the other side of the room.
- Leave the file open if you are coming back. Closing it makes restarting harder.
4What to put on
a stream — Running water with small variation. Softer than rain and less repetitive than a fan.
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