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   Pete Keen (zrail@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 02:00:31 JST Pete Keen

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs time boxing before a fixed-point schedule item.

   Ex: ugh my office is a mess and we're gonna have guests in a week so I gotta clean (because my office adjoins the guest room). I have 15 minutes before daily standup.

   I set a timer for 10 minutes and do what I can to move the task forward. When the timer goes off I finish whatever micro task I'm doing and get ready for standup.

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     Karin! (nirak@carhenge.club)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 03:03:59 JST Karin!

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I think for me the mental block is often something like "I don't know how long this will take, could be HOURS" 😭 - so giving myself permission to only look at if for 3 minutes is an easier ask than asking myself to potentially finish the task

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     Karin! (nirak@carhenge.club)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 03:04:00 JST Karin!

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs never been diagnosed with ADHD, but I really struggle with this. I bought a cheap non smartwatch that has built in timers for 1,3,5,10,15, and 30 minutes. If I know I need to do something and can't get myself going I pick a time (often just 3 or 5 minutes) and tell myself I only have to work on it that long, and set the timer

     Usually, I end up finishing it, or at least getting it started enough so that coming back to it isn't as big a block