This is a great idea! I’m gonna try it out. It fixes quite a lot of things with existing systems, as you point out.
I’m curious though, since when have you been experimenting with it and how has it been? I’m assuming it went well, but I am interested to know more about the details in your process (setbacks, changes, etc) and expect it’ll be helpful for others experimenting with this as well :)
Only about three months. So I can’t say it’s fully tried and tested, though I’m confident the basics are right.
It just popped into my head one day. For years—well before I’d heard of Pomodoro—I had my own system of alarms at fixed times of day, alternating 50m (or, later, an hour) of work with 10m or 20m of breaks (based on the DeskTime figures). But it never worked well for the usual clock-work reasons, and so I never stuck to it for more than a few days at a time.
The main change when trying Third Time was that early on I had a way of extending meal breaks by a fixed amount—e.g. adding an extra half-hour for lunch—but it was too complicated. An unlimited meal break, but where you have to pre-decide the length, is more practical.
No doubt others will come up with improvements, or situations I haven’t encountered. Please post your feedback when you’ve tried it!
This is a great idea! I’m gonna try it out. It fixes quite a lot of things with existing systems, as you point out.
I’m curious though, since when have you been experimenting with it and how has it been? I’m assuming it went well, but I am interested to know more about the details in your process (setbacks, changes, etc) and expect it’ll be helpful for others experimenting with this as well :)
Only about three months. So I can’t say it’s fully tried and tested, though I’m confident the basics are right.
It just popped into my head one day. For years—well before I’d heard of Pomodoro—I had my own system of alarms at fixed times of day, alternating 50m (or, later, an hour) of work with 10m or 20m of breaks (based on the DeskTime figures). But it never worked well for the usual clock-work reasons, and so I never stuck to it for more than a few days at a time.
The main change when trying Third Time was that early on I had a way of extending meal breaks by a fixed amount—e.g. adding an extra half-hour for lunch—but it was too complicated. An unlimited meal break, but where you have to pre-decide the length, is more practical.
No doubt others will come up with improvements, or situations I haven’t encountered. Please post your feedback when you’ve tried it!