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My "turn off notifications during deep work" trick saved my sanity after 3 weeks of constant pings
I found that setting my phone to Do Not Disturb and using a $5 kitchen timer for 90 minute blocks actually got me to finish a project 2 days early for once, has anyone else tried something dumb simple like that?
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hernandez.gavin16d ago
I read somewhere that our brains actually process a timer ticking as a subtle pressure cue that keeps you focused. The kitchen timer thing makes total sense to me, it's way harder to cheat a physical clock than your phone.
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Not really a pressure cue thing though, more like a boundary - when the timer goes off you're done and can stop feeling guilty about taking a break.
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