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I know that some people swear by Pomodoro, but personally when I get in the "zone" for doing something, I find that taking a break, however small it may be, rui
by subtra3t 4y ago
I know that some people swear by Pomodoro, but personally when I get in the "zone" for doing something, I find that taking a break, however small it may be, ruins my focus.
- vorticalbox 4y agoI'm the same, I'll start coding and I'll stop for a second and it's been hours. If I am finding it hard to focus then taking small short breaks helps me a lot
- HPsquared 4y agoI find the main benefit is to actually start working on jobs that are necessary but unpleasant. For this I do a 15 mins work / 5 mins break. I tell myself "only 15 minutes, then a break". Then I can actually convince myself to start the unpleasant task, as I know I have an "out". It's a bit of a mind hack.
- escapedmoose 4y agoI find that it’s often helpful to break focus. Sometimes you can get so deep and involved in a problem that tunnel vision starts blocking you from seeing better solutions. Or, you can have a good several hours of focus but ruin yourself for the next day or so by neglecting your smaller admin tasks or your body. As others in this thread have said, the key is finding your personal best ratio of focus vs breaks. I find that it varies between tasks, e.g. if I’m executing on a pre-designed dev plan I might give myself a 2-hour timer to really dig in. But if I’m brainstorming possible methods to solve a problem I’ll give myself 30 min at a time to make sure I don’t get sucked too far into any one rabbithole (plus those breaks trigger some lovely epiphanies). Or for mindless admin tasks it helps to just set 10 min of focus time so I’m not overwhelmed.