I am incredibly, unbelievably inspired by the people I follow and read about here on 43Things. What an incredible bunch. Doing amazing things, some facing some real difficulties with fortitude, and grace, facing fears, some really embracing joy and life, and most of all so much compassion and generosity. What a wonderful community. Cheers to everyone. 21 months ago

in the Pomodoro technique, although I have not implemented it yet. I do have the timers however and will finish reading the “book” today and set up worksheets.

I think I have come to the conclusion that to a certain extent, at least to start with, I am going to have to “fake it until I make it” with this goal. For whatever reason (and I could probably attribute it to lots of different possible reasons, if I really wanted to do that) I am just really lacking fire in the belly/motivation/will for a while now. No need to spend any energy ruminating though; this is something that I think just needs to be pushed past, to get the momentum going in this new direction. 22 months ago

http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/

This is very interesting. First of all, the philosophy behind it. I have thought of this before, superficially and in other contexts, but never applied it to this in such a useful way. Namely,that time can be seen in many different ways. This technique talks of the view of time as “becoming” – seeing time in an abstract, dimensional way, which we are always measuring – something that there is never enough of, so that we are always losing it, always anxious about it… vs. seeing it as a succession of events, the order of our day. Viewing it in the second way is much healthier and more natural – a succession of events within a container.

I also like the aims and goals, which are mostly (though not all) things I have been working towards, but much better articulated and more fully thought through in this book.
– alleviate anxiety linked to “becoming”
– enhance focus and concentration by cutting down on interruptions
– increase awareness of your decisions
– boost motivation and keep it constant
– bolster the determination to achieve your goals
– refine the estimation process, both in qualitative and quantitative terms
– improve your work or study process
– strengthen your determination to keep on applying yourself in the face of complex situations

That’s about as far as I have gotten with this book, but it looks really great and helpful, so I think I’ll finish it and try the technique! 22 months ago