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Re:Show HN: Tomato – Pomodoro Timer by Briel on Monday September 26, 2016 @08:10PM (#12586680)
Here's a productivity tricks that works for me:

Reason why I stop working on a project is because after a while (or 10 minutes...), it just gets boring.

So I toggle between 3-4 similarly important projects a day. The excitement of doing something new when I switch helps me keep working (just on a different project).

Yes there is a cost to mentally switching regularly but it's worth it to avoid the much higher cost of watching Youtube instead!

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Re:Show HN: Tomato – Pomodoro Timer by ohadron on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @09:25AM (#12589397)
Very similar to the highly effective Structured Procrastination method - http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/
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Re:Show HN: Tomato – Pomodoro Timer by edwinyzh on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @03:29AM (#12587969)
Hah! Good trick, agreed, and I understand you :)
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