Learning Challenge: The Pomodoro Technique

I chose this topic for two reasons:

1. It's crunch time at the end of the semester so it seemed like a good point to try new things for time management.
2. Pomodoro is just a fun word.

I decided to try an app called Focus for the Mac (not sure if it's available for other computer types), and I really like it! You can set different lengths of time for alternating work and break sessions, and I especially like it because it has the option to extend either one, sort of like a snooze button. So if you're really in the zone with work and don't want to stop the momentum, you just hit the snooze and it pushed back the reminder to take a break.

This has been really helpful, especially when things for lots of different classes are due in one day. It's a good way to remind yourself to make sure you pay attention to everything and don't get completely lost in one assignment, neglecting the others.

I do want to buy a little tomato timer, though. I think that would be more satisfying than the little Focus window on my desktop with the popup reminders.

This is a little example of what Focus looks like on the desktop, but it can be edited to look different ways. I found it on this site that also lists other potentially helpful productivity apps.

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