Thanks for such an in depth and wonderful response, I have a couple of questions.
On 1. Perhaps the biggest reason I’ve stayed away from Pomodors is the question of how much time for breaks you can take before you need to start logging it as a reduction in time worked. Where have you come out on that debate? I.e. maybe you’ve found increased productivity makes the breaks totally worth it and this hasn’t really been an issue for you.
On 3. How are you strict with your weekends? The vibe I get from the rest is that normally you make sure what you’re doing is restful?
On 3.5. Adding to the anecdata, I keep a fairly sporadic schedule that often extends past normal hours, and I’ve found that it works pretty well for me. I do find that when I’m feeling a bit down that switching back to normal hours is better for me though, because I’m apt to start playing video games in the middle of the day because I think “ah, I’m remote and have a flexible schedule, so I can do what I want!” when in reality playing video games during the day is usually just me doing a poor job of dealing with something that then ends up not resolved later and leaves me in a tricky spot to get work done.
On 4, I’d love to hear more about your targets: are they like just more concrete than goals? Do you have some sort of accountability system that you keep yourself from overriding? I think I’m coming to realize I work better with deadlines, but I’m still really unsure how to implement them in a way that forces me to stick to them but also that allows me to override it in circumstances where I’d be better off if I could push something back a bit.
Thanks for such an in depth and wonderful response, I have a couple of questions.
On 1. Perhaps the biggest reason I’ve stayed away from Pomodors is the question of how much time for breaks you can take before you need to start logging it as a reduction in time worked. Where have you come out on that debate? I.e. maybe you’ve found increased productivity makes the breaks totally worth it and this hasn’t really been an issue for you.
On 3. How are you strict with your weekends? The vibe I get from the rest is that normally you make sure what you’re doing is restful?
On 3.5. Adding to the anecdata, I keep a fairly sporadic schedule that often extends past normal hours, and I’ve found that it works pretty well for me. I do find that when I’m feeling a bit down that switching back to normal hours is better for me though, because I’m apt to start playing video games in the middle of the day because I think “ah, I’m remote and have a flexible schedule, so I can do what I want!” when in reality playing video games during the day is usually just me doing a poor job of dealing with something that then ends up not resolved later and leaves me in a tricky spot to get work done.
On 4, I’d love to hear more about your targets: are they like just more concrete than goals? Do you have some sort of accountability system that you keep yourself from overriding? I think I’m coming to realize I work better with deadlines, but I’m still really unsure how to implement them in a way that forces me to stick to them but also that allows me to override it in circumstances where I’d be better off if I could push something back a bit.