Comments on: To-Do Lists and Pizza Timers: My Time Management Method

By: John P.

John P. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:12:54 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic. If possible, as you gain expertise, would you mind updating your blog with more information? It is extremely helpful and beneficial to your readers

By: Antolia

Antolia — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:09:57 +0000

Nice post! The article is great and the tips dealing on time management are great and they must be very useful to people.Thanks for providing such a great article. Antolia's last blog post..Garland, Texas

By: kouji

kouji — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:06:14 +0000

i agree with your observations. i also try to time my breaks. usually for 15 minutes (they’re just short ones), and i find that i don’t feel guilty about the break as much, so it’s more relaxing.

i like your observation that anything is bearable if done for only 15 minutes. true. will keep that in mind the next time i procastinate.
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By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:41:56 +0000

There are quite a few free break reminder programs out there that could be used by those who wince at the idea of buzzing pizza timers. I started using one when I was having trouble with repetitive stress injuries and needed to remind myself to get up and stretch and wiggle my hands around every 15 minutes or so.

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By: Cenay Nailor

Cenay Nailor — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:31:40 +0000

Sara, I wanted to share with you my experience with *timers*, since that is one of my sure-fire productivity techniques.

I am complete agreement with Mark and have found that a 1 hour timer to be a God-send for getting things done.

I keep a kitchen timer right beside my telephone. When I have a project I need to work on, I set the timer for 55 minutes. During that 55 minutes, I don’t check email (even if it *dings*), I don’t open any chat windows, in fact, for that 55 minutes, I shut them down. I don’t take potty-breaks (it is important to do this BEFORE you start the timer).

I don’t do ANYTHING that isn’t directly related to the *task* I am working on.

You would be amazed at how much you can get done in a 55 minute chunk with no interruptions.

I highly recommend this technique!

Cenay’

PS: Thanks for sharing. As usual, you bring great topics to light.

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