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It is said that Hemingway leveraged the same effect by leaving a sentence unfinished when stopping writing for the day. I use the same technique to remind mysel
by mcculley 4y ago
It is said that Hemingway leveraged the same effect by leaving a sentence unfinished when stopping writing for the day. I use the same technique to remind myself I am not finished with something. This is also called the Zeigarnik effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeigarnik_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeigarnik_effect
- bbx 4y agoI knew about the Hemingway method but didn’t know there was a psychological name for that effect. It also goes well with the pomodoro technique, because that almost forces you to interrupt your progress while in the middle of something, leaving things unfinished, so they end up easier to pick up later.
- joshcanhelp 4y agoCame here to post this. > The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. If you do that every day … you will never be stuck.
- mateusfreira 4y agoAbsolutely it maps one to one with Hemingway, idea. It also works very well for personal projects or projects that you rarely have time to dedicate but want to use any opportunity to make process you can