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Re:Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radica... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @03:23PM (#12737812)
I too find Pomodoro breaks to be too frequent when I'm in the flow (and I often would skip them then), but when trying to make myself work on a difficult task, having the perspective that "it's just 25 minutes" was helping me to feel less stressed.
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Re:Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radica... by freshhawk on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @05:08PM (#12738726)
Yes, I'm in exactly the same boat but it felt like skipping breaks for hours at a time wasn't really the way the system was supposed to work and I wasn't sure if it helped when used in that way. Although perhaps just being "allowed" to take a break is enough of a benefit, that does make sense to me as I write it.
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