I never had discipline when it came to self-managing, I tend to over-work, break down work time in unpredictable ways and sequentially obsess over single micro-tasks part of a big task.
But it's been a couple of days trying to self-manage with the Pomodoro technique1 and... it works?? I don't find myself looping over the same problem, and I actually get less strained allowing me to produce qualitatively better stuff.
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Pomodoro technique consists of breaking down focus/work in 25 minutes laps, every 25 minutes you do a 5-min break, away from the screen, and every 4 laps you do a 25 minutes break. ↩
I do this with 55m blocks. Also keeps my nicotine habit alive, which is questionable as an outcome and my doc hates me for it but whatevs. Can't be perfect.
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