25 minutes of concentration and 5 minutes of rest time form a complete tomato clock cycle. Once the cycle timer starts, you will devote yourself to the current thing and stop working immediately when you know that the alarm clock rings.
Take a short time as the goal to increase the satisfaction of work completion. Every time you complete the concentration process, you will have a five-minute break. There will be a break of 15 minutes for four consecutive tomato clocks.
Second, plan your own tomato time
Even without any software and network support, we can finish the work. Just prepare three pieces of paper and a pen.
The three pieces of paper are divided into this week's to-do list, today's to-do list and execution data RECORD.
Pay attention to the priority order of things in today's to-do list, complete three important things first, and then deal with some trivial things. Arrange the tomato clock in advance for each item, and also pay attention to reserving time to prevent the collective task from failing because of the delay of one thing.
Third, the implementation of the tomato clock
There are five key points in the implementation of the tomato clock:
plan
carry out
trace
record
optimize
Usually, we will review before going to bed at the end of the day, and check or cross out the completed ones against TO DO LIST. At the same time, I will plan tomorrow's DO IT. If I still have the energy, I might as well plan the specific tomato clock, but I usually do this step in the morning, because my head is clearer at that time.
Regarding the five key points in the implementation, there are several points that need attention:
1, when planning, all tomato time is estimated. Many people pursue perfection excessively when making plans. Not only are there many things listed, but time is also tight. But people are not machines, and there is no way to do things strictly according to the timetable, which eventually leads to the failure of the task.
In fact, at the beginning of the plan, we should break up, and the unimportant things that can be combined should be listed in a tomato clock. At the same time, after each task is completed, a period of "cache" should be reserved to prevent unexpected situations or delays in something.
2, we must focus on the implementation, once this sense of ritual is broken, the meaning of the tomato clock will be lost. Simply put, when the alarm clock rings, focus immediately. When the alarm clock rings again, stop working and have a rest immediately.
This is a complete process of concentration. Of course, if you are familiar with the use of tools, you can make adjustments according to your own requirements. For example, take a break of 8 minutes every 30 minutes, or take a break of 45 minutes 15 minutes, etc.
The only thing to note is, don't interrupt within the focus time unit! ! !
3. If we are forced to interrupt during the execution, such as an impromptu meeting, we can record the current ideas, where to do it, and so on in our notebooks. It only takes three minutes to record the key points, but the time for us to re-enter the state will be greatly reduced.
This process is tracking.
Pomodoro technique's concentration time does not need to be particularly long, 25 minutes, but it is of great benefit to the training of concentration. For professionals, 25 minutes of concentration is not too difficult, and it is also a magic weapon to improve efficiency because of its simplicity and convenience, which is highly praised by hate professionals.