Focus session · brainstorming · 50 min
Focus session for brainstorming: 50 minutes, plain quiet, when you have just finished work
50 minutes of brainstorming, with plain quiet and a note on what to do when you drift.
50:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Sit however you were already sitting. You don't have to straighten up first. The gap right after work is the easiest one to use. This works better when you don't overthink it.
1 Before you start
- Write down the one thing you are going to do, in a single sentence, before you start.
- Accept that the first five minutes will feel like wading. Wading counts.
- Get water now, so you do not have to get up in fifteen minutes.
- Promise yourself you will not check anything until the timer ends, including "just quickly".
- Make sure your chair is at a height where your feet are flat on the floor.
2 While the timer runs
- When you finish a piece, pause for three seconds before starting the next. It keeps the pace honest.
- If a thought will not leave, give it one line on the page and return to the task.
- If you start tidying your desk, that is avoidance. Sit back down.
- If the task suddenly feels impossible, make it smaller rather than stopping. One paragraph. One function. One row.
3 When it ends
- Stand up and move for at least two minutes. The break is part of the method, not a reward.
- Leave the desk tidier than you found it. Two minutes now saves ten later.
- Note what you actually got done, not what you meant to get done.
4What to put on
plain quiet — No added sound at all. If you have a quiet room, that is usually better than any recording of one.
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