I’ve started mentally rewarding myself with a happy thought and a smile when I catch myself starting a bad habit (“Hey! I noticed!”) instead of castigating myself (“Doh! I’m doing it again!”). Seems to work so far; we’ll see how it goes.
I started using the Pomodoro technique today (pick a task, work on it for 25 minutes, break for 5, repeat). I’ll had to adjust it somewhat to deal with interruptions during the day, but that wasn’t too hard: when I get done with the interruption, I just have less time before the next break. (I’m keeping the breaks at :25 and :55 to make it easier to keep track.)
There are a number of minor tasks that I’ve been putting off for weeks (or months) that I finished today, just because I was stuck in the middle of a 25-minute assignment and I wasn’t allowing myself to switch to something “more important” until then. So so far Pomodoro is very promising.
I allocated the first time block this morning to scraping together my notes and planning for the week. I didn’t get a plan made, but I did realize how ridiculously overcommitted I was once I started thinking of tasks in terms of available half-hour slots.
I also have a strong aversion to posting my writing publicly, especially if it reveals anything personal about myself. So this post right here is a direct attempt to overcome that by just doing it. I’m not sure if this is using any specific technique from the minicamp, or just making use of the crazy mental energy from the camp while I’m still feeling it.
I also have a strong aversion to posting my writing publicly, especially if it reveals anything personal about myself. So this post right here is a direct attempt to overcome that by just doing it.
Awesome job putting yourself forward this way!
I’m not sure if this is using any specific technique from the minicamp, or just making use of the crazy mental energy from the camp while I’m still feeling it.
This is flooding, from Critch’s session on overcoming aversions. :-)
(This is Valentine, by the way. I’ll see if I can get my handle here changed since “Mercurial” just isn’t well-associated with me.)
Hi all, I’m Jeff.
I’ve started mentally rewarding myself with a happy thought and a smile when I catch myself starting a bad habit (“Hey! I noticed!”) instead of castigating myself (“Doh! I’m doing it again!”). Seems to work so far; we’ll see how it goes.
I started using the Pomodoro technique today (pick a task, work on it for 25 minutes, break for 5, repeat). I’ll had to adjust it somewhat to deal with interruptions during the day, but that wasn’t too hard: when I get done with the interruption, I just have less time before the next break. (I’m keeping the breaks at :25 and :55 to make it easier to keep track.)
There are a number of minor tasks that I’ve been putting off for weeks (or months) that I finished today, just because I was stuck in the middle of a 25-minute assignment and I wasn’t allowing myself to switch to something “more important” until then. So so far Pomodoro is very promising.
I allocated the first time block this morning to scraping together my notes and planning for the week. I didn’t get a plan made, but I did realize how ridiculously overcommitted I was once I started thinking of tasks in terms of available half-hour slots.
I also have a strong aversion to posting my writing publicly, especially if it reveals anything personal about myself. So this post right here is a direct attempt to overcome that by just doing it. I’m not sure if this is using any specific technique from the minicamp, or just making use of the crazy mental energy from the camp while I’m still feeling it.
Awesome job putting yourself forward this way!
This is flooding, from Critch’s session on overcoming aversions. :-)
(This is Valentine, by the way. I’ll see if I can get my handle here changed since “Mercurial” just isn’t well-associated with me.)