Prevent burnoutīeing able to take short breaks, you'll be able to work longer and not get completely exhausted mentally. In addition to resting your eyes, use the break to stand up, do some deep breathing, and stretch (common advice is to stand up and move around every 30 minutes). Optometrist often advise the 20/20/20 rule for preventing eye strain: every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. If your job involves sitting and staring at the screen the whole day, your body needs a break.

Know how much time to set aside when the task comes up again.

Accurately predict how long a similar task will take in the future.

Avoid underestimating needed time and effort.

Know exactly how much time a task took you.

Record how many Pomodoros a task takes and how many Pomodoros you do in a day so you can: Know how much effort activities really take But when you're focused on one thing for a long period of time, you are able to get deeper into it. The more often you disengage from your work due to interruptions, the more time you spend re-engaging with what you actually want to be doing. When you write down that you'll work on that particular thing, you'll get into a flow state quicker. And it worked, for him and for millions of other Pomodoro practitioners. So he put a time limit on how long he planned to focus on a single task and rewarded himself with a break. Francesco Cirillo, the creator of the Pomodoro Technique, had trouble staying focused while studying.

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