http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/01/07/a-simple-technique-to-help-you-focus/ JOHN WILLIAMS' PERSONAL BLOG ON CREATIVE LIVING Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:53:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1 hourly 1 http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/01/07/a-simple-technique-to-help-you-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-9880 John Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:15:28 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1309#comment-9880 Thanks Kirsten, that sounds interesting. Have you written a blog post on your hybrid time management system? Thanks Kirsten, that sounds interesting. Have you written a blog post on your hybrid time management system?

]]> http://www.creativemaverick.com/2010/01/07/a-simple-technique-to-help-you-focus/comment-page-1/#comment-9861 Kirsten Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:05:38 +0000 http://www.creativemaverick.com/?p=1309#comment-9861 Hi John, I just found you this afternoon via @SandyDfromNJ. She tweeted your talk on goal setting for scanners. I feel like you are talking to me about me. Wow! It is a great relief to know I am not alone - most of the time my multiple interests and chronic dissatisfaction with my wonderful job make me feel like an outcast. (I really do have a wonderful job. I'm blessed - and completely unfulfilled.) Anyway, I wanted to let you know I have been using a hybrid Pomodoro Technique and the Focus Booster program for about 4 months now and it has helped me stay focused on the projects that used to overwhelm me. Because they overwhelmed me, I would procrastinate and then the overwhelm and the dread would become a very heavy burden for me to face every day. But the Pomodoro Technique - even though it seems very regimented at first - has set me free. I can do 25 minutes - then walk away. Then do 25 more minutes and walk away. I have started setting weekly Pomodoro goals for creative projects like writing my nonfiction project for 3 Pomodoros a week. I will be hanging out on your blog more often. Thank you for your inspirations! Kirsten Hi John, I just found you this afternoon via @SandyDfromNJ. She tweeted your talk on goal setting for scanners. I feel like you are talking to me about me. Wow! It is a great relief to know I am not alone - most of the time my multiple interests and chronic dissatisfaction with my wonderful job make me feel like an outcast. (I really do have a wonderful job. I’m blessed - and completely unfulfilled.)
Anyway, I wanted to let you know I have been using a hybrid Pomodoro Technique and the Focus Booster program for about 4 months now and it has helped me stay focused on the projects that used to overwhelm me. Because they overwhelmed me, I would procrastinate and then the overwhelm and the dread would become a very heavy burden for me to face every day. But the Pomodoro Technique - even though it seems very regimented at first - has set me free. I can do 25 minutes - then walk away. Then do 25 more minutes and walk away. I have started setting weekly Pomodoro goals for creative projects like writing my nonfiction project for 3 Pomodoros a week.
I will be hanging out on your blog more often. Thank you for your inspirations!
Kirsten

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