Pomodoro Technique - Update Five

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Pomodoro Technique - Update Five
    In our modern, digital, technologically advanced world, there are way more distractions all around us. This is one of the many problems with Home-Based Learning as there are hundreds of distractions online. You could be studying for 15 minutes before chucking in an hour of Minecraft. Like the millions of other kids around this planet, distractions are inevitable whether you are the world's biggest genius or just an average kid like me.

    In both school and work, the system is made to make you always at your 100.1% capacity. The most inner core of this system is the basic formula adapted into our everyday life. That is:

Maximum Work + Minimum Time = Productivity

    This sophisticated model of Productivity has creeped into our modern world thanks solely to the great advancement in technology, especially in time. So I went on a quest. After publishing the June - A Month of Change article which you can click here to read, I wanted to find the most productive model that I could find. A model that follows the formula shown above. I give you, the Pomodoro Technique. (Disclaimer: I didn't make this up. Go check it out online.)


(A Pomodoro Kitchen Timer. Source: Wikipedia)

    Pomodoro is the Italian word for 'Tomato'. The technique was invented by an Italian named Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s. The name of the process came from Pomodoro Kitchen Timers. The idea is to break your work time into intervals, 30 minutes each. Begin a timer of 25 minutes of productive work and then another 5 minutes as a short break. Simply repeat another 3 times before taking a 30-minute break. One 30-minute session (25min Work + 5min Break) is simply one set of Pomodoro. 

(A graphic image of the Pomodoro Technique. Source: Sketchplanations)

    The average human can go around 90 minutes before losing focus. 4 sets of Pomodoro is 140 minutes with breaks in-between. I have been testing out the technique since the start of June and I am in love with it. So far it has been a fantastic tool and my overall productivity has gone up as well. I will link the TomatoTimer website down below as it has everything you need to know about the Pomodoro Technique. Another quick shoutout to Francesco Cirillo and his book all about the Pomodoro Technique. His book will be linked as well. (Disclaimer: I have not read his book because it is an e-book)

TomatoTimer: https://tomato-timer.com/
Pomodoro Technique (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
Francesco Cirillo Book: https://tinyurl.com/Pomodoro1Technique







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