Pomodoro Technique: To Increase Work Productivity

Muhammad Asad
Sep 7, 2018 · 3 min read

Today, we are living in the era where the use of technology is at peak that are indeed making things easy and better for us in many aspects of life but they are also creating disturbance in our life and making our minds worse.

Every nine out of ten person check their mobile phones just after waking up in the morning. They check it every hour ? half hour? Or more. People consistently check their facebook notifications , whatsapp, instagram etc on a regular basis. They use their cell phones to visit social media sites during work.

So the simple is that we are being hacked by our own technology.

The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions”.

So the usage of social media on mobile phones have decreased our work productivity and also loss the ability to focus on one thing. I am also facing such kind of problems during study and all time. So to overcome this problem during work , I tried to search about a technique that is named as pomodoro technique.Here are the steps of this technique.

STEP 1:Identifying Task

I set my task of writing a blog and completing my assignment within one hour.

STEP 2:Setting a timer

I set a timer of 25 minutes to complete this task.

STEP 3:Work for duration of time

I started working on my blog with full concentration and without any distractions.

STEP 4:Taking a break

After 25 minutes ,i took a 5 minute break to refresh my mind.

STEP 5: Repeating steps 1–4

I have repeated these steps four times and finally managed to complete my task before time.

THE TAKEAWAYS

I tried to applied this technique to improve my work productivity. I set my task to complete in one an hour. I have followed all the steps mentioned in the and write down all the distractions that come during that time. After one an hour ,when I analyzed, I was surprised that I not only completed my task but also done my extra work. Before using this technique, my mind gets tired and I used lot of facebook and whatsapp due to which I may not be able to complete the task.

But pomodoro technique has really helped me a lot. It was not a difficult for me to do this but I enjoyed my work with full attention.I can avoid the distractions that i have noticed during this activity. I think, I can use this teachnique on a regular basis that will help me a lot in various aspects.

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