I use the pomodoro technique to get work done.
Often it can be distressing seeing the hours of the day jump by- suddenly it’s 3pm when it should still be morning time.
I had such high hopes for what I’d do today, where did the time go?
Experiences like this reinforce the belief that there isn’t enough time for everything. It’s true what they say that you can do anything but you can’t do everything.
As much as I hate that phrase, (yes I can do everything, thank you very much) the pomodoro technique has helped me realise a couple of things:
- I don’t actually want to do everything- I just want to do all the things I want to do. And I am more than capable of doing that over my life time.
- When you have a clear task and 25 minutes to do it, time slows down
It does! I often get to 11 minutes remaining and I’ve nearly completed a task I had inflated as this big day long thing.
I think time slips away from us when we allow ourselves too much time to do things. I vote we restrict the time we’re allowed to work on a thing and ruthlessly move on in the spirit of quantity (when that’s what you want of course) Then when we next allocated time blocks for the thing we didn’t complete, we know to schedule more time.
The truth is, we can do anything and everything we want to. Set aside the time and earnestly work away at it. You’ll be suprised how many hours are in the day when you’re actually watching the clock.
Ai image generator prompt: make a drawing in the style of Quentin Saxby Blake of an esteemed tomato wearing a monocle and checking his pocket watch
