番茄时钟P002

A couple of days each week I schedule “slack” days where I catch up on
emails, prepare for upcoming engagements, and do other desk work.
The first thing I do is decide whether I need to be effective that day.
Today I wanted to be effective, so I selected eight Pomodori worth of
items from my Activity Inventory sheet and added them to today’s To
Do Today sheet.

I used to think I could do 12 Pomodori in a day (that’s “only” six hours,
after all), but reality has shown me that eight is more realistic, since
the Pomodoro Technique counts only focused time. Reality is a great
but sometimes harsh teacher. I used to think course preparation took
two Pomodori. It turned out it took four every time—at least twice as
long as I originally thought. That triggered me to find ways to do it
more effectively, so now I’m down to three. The Pomodoro Technique
has helped me plan better, get more stuff done with less stress, and
have more time for family and hobbies.

[Opening my blog to see what I wrote earlier about the Pomodoro Technique.
Oh, look—a comment has come in! Wait! Don’t read the comment
now. I’m in a Pomodoro, right? I’m supposed to focus on writing the foreword.
I’ll get back to that comment later. Mark the internal interruption.]


If my wife, Sia, sees that my egg timer is ticking, she knows not to
interrupt me unnecessarily. She knows that the clock will ring within
12 to 13 minutes (on average), at which time I’ll take a short break and
go give her a hug, rewarding myself for finishing a Pomodoro and her
for letting me.


每周我会抽出几天，来安排“放松”的日子，来处理电子邮件，
准备即将到来的活动，并做其它的文书工作。
我所做的第一件事是决定是否需要我让它（工作）在当天生效。
如果是的话，我会从我的活动清单表中的项目选大概八个番茄时钟的活动
并将它们添加到今天的任务列表里面

我以前认为我可以在一天做12番茄时钟（毕竟这只是“六个小时”）
由于番茄时钟只关注时间，所以在现实中，一天八个会更加现实，
现实就像老师，有时很温和，有时很严厉。
我以前认为课程准备工作会占用两个番茄始终，
结果显示每次都需要4个番茄时钟，至少是我原来想的时间的两倍
这触发了我找到办法提高自己的效率，而现在我只需要三个番茄时钟了。
番茄工作法帮助我计划更好，
用更少的压力获得更多的东西，而且
有更多的时间分配给家庭和自己的爱好。

打开我的博客，看看我之前写的关于番茄工作的技巧。
哦，看，一个评论已经进来了！等待！不要阅读评论
现在。我在番茄钟，对吧？我应该专注于撰写前言。
我稍后会回到那个评论。标记内部中断。]


如果我的妻子西亚看到我的番茄计时器正在滴答声，她就知道如果没有必要就不
打扰我，因为她知道时钟将会在12到13分钟之后（平均）响起，那时候我会休息一下
去给她一个拥抱，是为了奖励自己完成了一个番茄时钟和感谢她的支持。