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Setting a time to complete a task would help with productivity. This is the concept of the “pomodoro”, a technique invented by an Italian student in the 1980s that allows you to organize and manage your time. Explanation.
Hard to get to work? What if you apply a method called pomodoro? This technique, created by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s, involves dividing your time into 25-minute segments using a timer (a “pomodori” in Italian). The objective is therefore to fully concentrate on a single task for 25 minutes.
According to the Italian, dividing the time makes it possible to be less focused on the whole task, but only on an action to be accomplished. In addition, thanks to the timer, there is no need to constantly check the time, and thus, to distract. Moreover, it is precisely from the timer that this technique takes its name. Indeed, in Italian, “pomodoro” means “tomato” and refers to a timer in the shape of a tomato used mainly to time cooking time.
This pomodoro technique is done in five steps. The first is to choose the task to be performed and define the time for its completion, the ideal is to set between 20 and 30 minutes. Then start the stopwatch, if possible other than the mobile phone. Then work on the defined task for the allotted time. At the end of the session, take a five-minute real break. That is to say, do not take the opportunity to scroll through social networks or look at your emails. The ideal is to take a few steps outside in order to mark a real break in the work sessions. Finally, embark on a new task and start the cycle over again. Important however, every four pomodori, make a slightly longer break, between 10 and 15 minutes.
This method can also be adopted by students, high school students or children when doing their homework.