Hi everyone,
I am wondering if some of you uses the Pomodoro technique from time to time, or frequently, in order to improve your focus and then y...
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Kind of, but my time is usually 40-50min. I think that hourly brakes are the perfect mix between focus work and healthy work style.
Also in the bash you can detach the process from the current terminal with an & or run the command in a screen (so you can close the terminal or use it for other commands).
or run the notify each hour
Excellent.
Although I forgot to add, it is a cool idea but I never used the terminal for this, rather I had alarm setups (monday to friday, each hour) on my phone. After a while (few months) my internal clock got used to hourly brakes and I didn't need any alarm, I just knew is time to take a break.
They actually started as a reminder to drink water (I had some issues because of it), and I had to retrain my brain/body :D.
I do, I use the pomodoro technique just to help me detach and rest my eyes. We've all had super long coding sessions, this technique helps me move from the chair at regular intervals :D
I don't know about productivity, it's more about health for me ;D
This reminds me of when I was staying in a hotel with no WiFi without my phone charger. I needed to set an alarm, but all I had was my laptop. I ultimately ended on
scared me senseless when it went off, but I woke up on time.
That's a creative use of the terminal and, having just tested how the voice sounds on my computer, I don't blame you for being scared when it woke you up haha.
That is what I have in my .bash_aliases file indeed. ;-)
Nice simple hack! I wrote about how I use pomodoro as part of my work philosophy Deliberate Work.
For timers, I built a tool that uses a usb light (blink1), to help have an ambient light timer. Discussion of tasklights here.
I use it when I'm having a hard time to focus. It helps to think that "just give it 25 minutes then you'll have your break".
Agreed, I used it recently when I really needed to focus and allow myself breaks.
I've wanted to try this for some time but I find it difficult to stop myself if I'm in a groove. It's one thing to get myself going for 20 - 30 minutes but once I do, I'm not fond of stopping just for the sake of a break.