I think that setting a Pomodoro for this type of work where you don’t need to be creative but you do need to just get it done and getting it done is much easier without interrupting yourself with distractions would work well. My brain comes up with many things that would be more fun and interesting, and sometimes my brain tells me they’re urgent too (but they’re not usually actually urgent). When doing these types of mindless work, my brain idles off onto other tracks. cleaning, washing dishes, yard work, painting walls – things that don’t require a lot of brain power. I think they can also be useful for less thinking-intensive tasks where you just need to work and where thinking can interrupt and derail you – e.g. In the next post, we’ll take a look at translating between GTDs and Pomodoros and more of the practice of combining the two.įrom your statement “Pomodoros generally work best when we have energy to concentrate”, I think you’re looking at Pomodoros as a way to keep on task for creative tasks like coding or writing where it can be hard to get started but you reap a great benefit from a time of focusing on the task. Pomodoros are about reminding ourselves of the task we are doing at the moment. GTD is about reminding ourselves of a task precisely when it is needed.The Pomodoro Technique is a simple use of a timer while GTD is a robust system built around reminders whether in a tickler file, context lists, or reviews.Pomodoros give a sense of the distance and fuel required to travel the projects. A pomodoro provides a time and concentration dimension to contexts.GTD does so by addressing all projects, tasks, and open loops. Both are about getting things off of your mind so that you can focus on the present moment but do so in different ways.
It may even best be considered as a context in itself. GTD works with any and all of these various energy levels. At other times, we have a lot of energy and feel ready to take on larger tasks requiring sustained effort. In this way, some tasks that only take moments can still be done between larger tasks. This allows us to do at least some things when we have little energy – for example when we have a terrible cold and can barely function. Part of GTD’s utility is found in breaking down Projects into the most readily workable tasks whenever possible. While the location as a context is certainly important, one risks ignoring the time taken for the task. For example, a telephone call takes up an amount of time, but the space is more of a location than a volume. In fact, a task can often be considered as taking up time more so than space. Every thing, every project, every task, takes up a space and time be they abstract or otherwise. Pomodoros, or any set intention of time, focus on time as a resource. They offer sustained energy for distinct periods of time and are best used, perhaps, in certain situations.Ĭontexts in GTD are mostly considered places. The stamina bar steadily moves down until it hits zero followed by a needed relaxation period. Pomodoros are like hitting the run-key in a video game. Today’s post will center on some of these areas.Ī Cross-Product of Space and Time – Pomodoro as Context In some situations, these differences allow them to play well together, while in others they may even hamper each other. To say the least, there are several major differences between the Pomodoro and GTD techniques of productivity.
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