![]() ![]() How did that happen? Perhaps I should mention the chicken sandwich and cheese puffs – lunch was happening concurrently. I jotted some notes and reflected on this process – my 2 hours plus stretch time and ‘actions arising’ still managed to inflate to just under 3 hours. In my excitement to have my key business to-dos outlined I came in at under 30 minutes! Probably a first for me. My last chunk of 30 minutes (and I forgot to stretch) now. At least 17 minutes extra, off the clock – I need to be careful here. I stopped to jot down two lists: personal and professional actions. I read the last part very strategically – what are the salient points? I felt there needed to be time in this scheme for ‘actions arising’ from the material I had read. My strategic planning document took longer than 30 minutes to read. I did this “off-timer” which could have been dangerous but wasn’t as I felt a pull to get the rest done. It’s also a mindful check-in with myself – how am I doing? How am I feeling? Pretty darn effective, actually. In between these I took a 5 minute yoga stretch break – this is totally necessary as it is difficult for me to stay seated for more than an hour. Then I did the quiz to see whether my target market was correct. I set the timer on my iPhone for 30 minutes and read my chapter. I sat down, jotted a list of 4 things I needed done (read a chapter of my marketing book, do the quiz, read a strategic planning document and summarise my burning to-do list). I modified the time to 30 minutes as this seemed more meaningful (and I am not limited by what a tomato timer can do). You determine how many 25 minute periods you need, then complete the task. You are instructed to set a kitchen timer (the tomato or pomodoro timer) to 25 minutes. I came across the pomodoro technique totally by accident. Which comes first, a business plan, a business licence or marketing to potential customers? How can I be strategic when I feel I am already putting out fires? The Pomodoro Timer In addition to being solitary, I now find myself with a bewildering array of tasks that are all urgent, important and unfamiliar. This can lead to procrastination, feelings of failure, then working late to compensate. ![]() My instinct is to do things intuitively, as they come up or as I feel like it. Having previously worked in a bustling open plan office, I am now adjusting to life in a quiet, solitary room. Time management when you feel overwhelmedĪs a new entrepreneur one of the greatest challenges is self-managing your time. Here is howĭanielle Worster used it to deal with the overwhelm when she started working for herself. The pomodoro or tomato timer is the simplest and most effective time management and productivity technique you can find. ![]()
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