I Use the Pomodoro Technique and You Should Too
That simple productivity can really save a lot of time.
I am Polish so Pomodoro naturally resembles the Polish word pomidor, translating to tomato in English. The same probably applies to other languages, especially Spanish from which the name of the technique comes. Francesco Cirillo created the Pomodoro Technique in the 1980s after a long search to improve his own study habits. The technique caught on with professional teams in the 90s. A fun trivia fact is that the technique, although popular and used in the whole world is a proper intellectual property of Mr Cirillo. Another fun fact is that using this technique your productivity might just skyrocket 🚀
The technique 🍅
The technique is very simple, however, it has a very distinct procedure one needs to follow. What you need is a task to do and a timer. And yourself. The technique can be summarised as the following 6 steps:
- Decide on the task you want to be working on. Then, preferably, divide it into sections that could fit into half-an-hour long periods. If you are not sure, eye-ball it. You are double not sure then you don’t really need to divide them.
- Set the timer for 25 minutes. The technique derives its name from a tomato-shaped timer Cirillo used in his…
