Timeboxing is not an alien concept—still, the first time I could materialize the notion was with the Pomodoro Technique. I was having troubles at work, constantly postponing tasks and eventually causing incoming tasks to pile up. What I experienced was a simple brain hijack: Procrastination. Having feared the unknowns the job will bring to my moment, I chose the easier route to get rewards. Instead of doing the task that I should do, I was reorganizing my desk or nailing the picture to the wall, which has been waiting for me for the last six months. Pomodoro Technique had a simple offer: Get a timer. Allocate 25 minutes for a task. For that 25 minutes, you are not allowed to do anything else. You have to spend that time trying to achieve it. Then, no matter the outcome, you stop what you’re doing at the end of that 25 minutes and take a 5-minute break. It helped me overcome my emotional brain and start the task. Once started, I would also often see that it was not a big deal after all.
Timeboxing
Timeboxing
Timeboxing is not an alien concept—still, the first time I could materialize the notion was with the Pomodoro Technique. I was having troubles at work, constantly postponing tasks and eventually causing incoming tasks to pile up. What I experienced was a simple brain hijack: Procrastination. Having feared the unknowns the job will bring to my moment, I chose the easier route to get rewards. Instead of doing the task that I should do, I was reorganizing my desk or nailing the picture to the wall, which has been waiting for me for the last six months. Pomodoro Technique had a simple offer: Get a timer. Allocate 25 minutes for a task. For that 25 minutes, you are not allowed to do anything else. You have to spend that time trying to achieve it. Then, no matter the outcome, you stop what you’re doing at the end of that 25 minutes and take a 5-minute break. It helped me overcome my emotional brain and start the task. Once started, I would also often see that it was not a big deal after all.