ID: I202602281100
Status: idea
Tags: studying, focus, time management
Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. It uses a kitchen timer to split work into intervals. Typically 25m long, seperated by short breaks.
Each interval is known as a pomodoro which is italian for tomato, it is named like this after the tomato shaped timer that Francesco Cirillo used when he was studying.
The original technique has six steps:
- Decide on the task to be done.
- Set the Pomodoro timer (typically for 25 minutes).
- Work on the task.
- End work when the timer rings and take a short break (typically 5–10 minutes).
- Go back to Step 2 and repeat until you complete four pomodori.
- After four pomodori are done, take a long break (typically 20 to 30 minutes) instead of a short break. Once the long break is finished, return to step 2.
Pomodori is plural of pomodoro
A goal of the technique is to reduce the effect of internal and external interruptions of attention and flow.