> I've done a different timer thing, where I start a timer and tell myself I have to stop the timer any time I stop working. This is a great trick... also info

> I've done a different timer thing, where I start a timer and tell myself I have to stop the timer any time I stop working. This is a great trick... also informing yourself honestly how many 'productive' hours you had at the end of a day. With all kinds of interruptions (many of those self-inflicted) some days the timer registered less than 3 hours when I was studying in university. That realization prompted me to stop studying at home, and travel to the university library daily. There my pattern was similar to 50 minute periods of work (before Pomodoros were a thing) followed by 10 minute breaks. After that, I easily clocked 6 hours of real work daily.