I use it as a way to push distractions aside. I have a hard time finding flow state unless I firewall myself from ongoing company concerns. 48 minutes--or wha

I use it as a way to push distractions aside. I have a hard time finding flow state unless I firewall myself from ongoing company concerns. 48 minutes--or whatever smallish number--is a good way to get some work done without feeling like I'm totally ignoring everything else. I mean, I am ignoring everything else, but only for a little, so it feels OK. I run a 3-person game development studio, so I have a lot of other concerns pulling at me (aside from the programming task at hand, or whatever I need to do on the project iself). It's always easier for me to hit flow when I don't have so much meta stuff to worry about.