I have some questions regarding the application of the 30 minute rule. Do you time your breaks? How long a break do you take between the work sets? Is the 30min limit hard—do you “logout” your activity in org-mode immediately, or does the alarm only mean that you are “free to stop now”? Are your break time limits hard? Do you focus only on the logged task during a work set, or do you let yourself wander to related tasks?
Break time is unspecified, and might be subject for further optimization. So far i do not time my breaks, but I might try it at some point. I usually take a break after the 30min or continue with the next block. Sometimes I also continue without timing for a while. (To make up for interruptions during the segment, or to finish up some item that only needs a few minutes.)
The alarm means ‘you are free to stop now’.
I have the habit of avoiding the hard tasks, and going for the easier ones. So most sets are about one task or project exclusively.
The research I am aware of indicates that multitasking is a bad idea. So I try to avoid that.
For low brain activities like cleaning up, or doing paperwork i might mix them up.
The whole thing is not meant as a prison guard, but as a set of rules to overcome my own failure modes.
I have some questions regarding the application of the 30 minute rule. Do you time your breaks? How long a break do you take between the work sets? Is the 30min limit hard—do you “logout” your activity in org-mode immediately, or does the alarm only mean that you are “free to stop now”? Are your break time limits hard? Do you focus only on the logged task during a work set, or do you let yourself wander to related tasks?
Break time is unspecified, and might be subject for further optimization. So far i do not time my breaks, but I might try it at some point. I usually take a break after the 30min or continue with the next block. Sometimes I also continue without timing for a while. (To make up for interruptions during the segment, or to finish up some item that only needs a few minutes.) The alarm means ‘you are free to stop now’.
I have the habit of avoiding the hard tasks, and going for the easier ones. So most sets are about one task or project exclusively. The research I am aware of indicates that multitasking is a bad idea. So I try to avoid that. For low brain activities like cleaning up, or doing paperwork i might mix them up. The whole thing is not meant as a prison guard, but as a set of rules to overcome my own failure modes.