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Out of curiosity, do you use the Pomodoro method when you’re creating art, or do you find yourself in a flow?

• ParetoOptimal 4y ago
  Third time is a good pomodoro variation for preserving flow so long as you actually take breaks.
• egypturnash 4y ago
  I love that my job is sitting on my ass drawing stuff but there are definitely times when it is still Work that I have to force myself to keep doing. Sometimes I sort of sit there watching art fall out of my stylus. Sometimes I am Sisyphus muttering and cursing as I push this fucking stone up this fucking mountain for the millionth time. "Flow" is overrated IMHO. It's certainly worth building working methods that make it more likely to happen but if it's your job then you need to be able to make yourself do it even if it's not coming. I do a very informal version of the Pomodoro method, mostly I keep an eye on how long Time Sink[1] says I've spent on whatever I'm working on today and try to make sure it's a round half hour. If it's fighting me then I'll get up and take a break as soon as I get a half hour in. If it's not then I find my body usually wants to get up and move around after about an hour's work anyway. And I am a lazy old lady who feels like 2 hours of work in a day is good, 3 is great, and 4 is amazing. Having spent a lot of time figuring out how to make my tools do a lot of work for me helps make this a schedule that pays my bills. 1: https://manytricks.com/timesink/ https://manytricks.com/timesink/