My Pomodoro experience like on one.

When I trying to decide which task I must chose to practice this Pomodoro technique, I just could not think of anything but suddenly something just struck my mind and I said to myself, yes why not? I had to write a blog on 5 little acts of kindness. So I decided that this will be a good task on which I can practice this technique. Writing something which is a cumbersome task to me. Especially on my computer. I feel really tired after writing few hundred words and then I want to shut it down. Once I shut it down, I am unable to gain my flow easily and it takes time to get myself back on track.
When I started timer of 25 minutes and started working on my blog, first thing that I felt that I was writing with more flow and zeal and the reason was the price that I will get on completion of 25 minutes so I was more focused. Something in my mind was telling me that its only 25 minutes and after that there is a reward waiting for you. So I was trying to maintain my focus and I was pretty successful in that.

So first 25 minutes went quite well and I was really charged up but here comes the trouble part.

The reward was a cup of tea after 25 minutes. And I was looking for just 10 minutes break but when I took my cup of tea, I said to myself why do not I make best use of these 10 minutes and double the excitement by watching something interesting on TV. So I turned on TV and guess what, my favorite movie “Black” was on it and I felt like this movie is on TV for me and I am on TV for this movie. So my 10 minutes break ended up into exact 2 hour and 39 minutes time of drama, sentiment, pride, a sense of doing something great and leisure. And after this I completed my blog with consistent work of 2 hours.

Pomodoro technique is really an effective technique but I need narrow down list of things that I can present myself as reward. But do i want to my 10 minutes break ending up with 3 hours of drama and emotions?

Definitely not. So what I can do is to seize watching TV during break. I cannot allow myself to go on Facebook during that period or any other source of entertainment which forces me to stick with it.
