My second thought was, “but then how can I get points??”. I have trouble doing work at all, and one of the main mechanisms that pomodoros provide for me is a form of gamification. If I do a pomodoro, I get a point. I’m highly motivated (relatively speaking) to make number go up, either daily, or my weekly average, or my yearly average. I often think to myself “let’s just make sure we do at least my average today”. It’s not clear to me how this could be extended to the non-integer land of ratio breaks. I suppose I could track total hours worked.
Indeed. For years I’ve set myself a target for time worked per day, which I track in a spreadsheet. I don’t always hit it each day, but try to ensure my monthly average does.
My second thought was, “but then how can I get points??”. I have trouble doing work at all, and one of the main mechanisms that pomodoros provide for me is a form of gamification. If I do a pomodoro, I get a point. I’m highly motivated (relatively speaking) to make number go up, either daily, or my weekly average, or my yearly average. I often think to myself “let’s just make sure we do at least my average today”. It’s not clear to me how this could be extended to the non-integer land of ratio breaks. I suppose I could track total hours worked.
Could the time worked be the number you gamify? Though that might incentivize taking no breaks.
Indeed. For years I’ve set myself a target for time worked per day, which I track in a spreadsheet. I don’t always hit it each day, but try to ensure my monthly average does.