Portrait painting with an egg timer.
Beside my palette is an egg timer. I set it to 25 minutes. For that time, I paint. Then I take a 5 minute break and then set the alarm again for another twenty-five minutes.
How did I come up with that idea? Not on my own. A few weeks ago I read an article about the Pomodoro Technique. I looked it up on the Internet and I was amazed at the amount of information. I immersed myself in it and decided to try this. And I can tell you IT WORKS!
Portrait painting with an egg timer.
“For many people, time is an enemy. We race against the clock to finish assignments and meet deadlines. The Pomodoro Technique teaches you to work with time, instead of struggling against it. A revolutionary time management system, it is at once deceptively simple to learn and life-changing to use.”
- Are you easily distracted by your mobile phone or email notifications? Cloister yourself for 25 minutes.
- Do you tend to work too long with the risk of workaholism? Force yourself to small pauses.
My advice for your list of good intentions for this year? Apply the Pomodoro Technique.