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How Do You Manage Your Time on Medium?

I use timed breaks, lots of notes and knots

馃尙锔廙itch
Open Microphone
Published in
4 min readNov 10, 2024

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A picture of the author鈥檚 actual desktop. On it you鈥檒l find an iPad, a short length of rope tied into an alpine butterfly knot, a digital timer, a paperweight, microphone, magnifying clip-on lenses and an notepad and pen.
Picture of author鈥檚 actual desktop

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Hiya guys, I don鈥檛 feel like writing anything heavy today. Instead, I thought I鈥檇 share what my writing space looks like and maybe give you a sense of how I approach my time on Medium.

My desktop is never as neatly laid out like this though the items are the same. Typically instead of water, I鈥檇 have a cup of coffee steaming next to the mouse and the magnifying clip-on's would be on my glasses.

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I work in 45-minute increments so that鈥檚 why the timer is there. If I don鈥檛 keep track of time, my productivity suffers. I engage with medium for 45 minutes, then take a movement break. How do you guys approach your time on the platform?

I find it鈥檚 not a good idea for me to stare at screens for much longer than 45 minutes because my eyes get really dry. I鈥檝e heard you need screen breaks every 20 minutes but when I get caught up writing, I lose track of the time. Timed breaks help with that.

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馃尙锔廙itch
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Just the guy next door, glad to meet you. Pull up a chair let's stir the pot together. Reach me at: lacks@mail.com.

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