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his best-practice tips and for getting the most out of his Pomodoro
study method.
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What is the Pomodoro Technique For
Studying?
“Discovered” by Italian student Francesco Cirillo, the Pomodoro
Study Method is a time management technique that involves using a
timer to time short, intense work sessions, traditionally 25 minutes
long.
When the time is up, you take a short break, typically 5 minutes,
before resetting the timer and repeating the cycle.
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Well, I’m going to have to level with you: this article’s a bit tricky for
me.
I can’t do that with the Pomodoro Study Method, because barely any
psychologists have spent their time studying it.
Come on science.
Get it together.
Seriously.
So until all the Pomodoro technique studies start flooding out – and
I reckon it’s only a matter of time – let me quote Barbara Oakley
PhD. She’s the creator of the world-famous Learning How To Learn
course, which has been taken by over 1 million students:
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I’ve also seen some fascinating anecdotal evidence for the positive
impact of Pomodoro on writing or studying type tasks. For example,
the golf writer Lois Talagrand found a 60% improvement in the
number of words he could write per hour when he used Pomodoro
– up from 567 to 905 words per hour.
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All you need to do is work the task for 25 minutes and you’ll have
achieved what you set out to do.
Many people find their energy levels feel higher when they’re only
working for small sessions under mild time pressure. The regular
breaks serving as opportunities to pause and refresh before going
again.
You might also find you prioritise your time better, working on
elements of the task that help you make the biggest progress in the
time you’ve got remaining. Less time wasted getting sucked down
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That helps you keep your productivity up for longer throughout the
day.
Powerful stuff!
I’m in this camp. For me, I use the Pomodoro technique to:
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My best advice would be that if you haven’t tried it, give it a go!
Keep reading for the 9 things you need to know about the
Pomodoro Study Method to make it REALLY work for you.
Get more study hacks with my free cheat sheet: the smarter way
to ace your exams and assignments this year.
anytime.
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Really, this one comes down to finding what works best for you with
a little experimentation.
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What you do in your breaks matters. If you can, try to avoid anything
your brain will find too distracting.
Instead, try going for a short walk, making a cup of tea, looking out
of the window and taking in the beautiful details of a tree or flower,
or doing a few press-ups.
That isn’t to say 30 minutes is the longest you should ever have
away from your books. I would expect and encourage you to take
longer breaks than that at various points in the day, to eat, exercise
and rest.
Well, if you’re fortunate enough to have the time, the energy and the
focus to be able to put in a solid routine every day, hardened
Pomodoro Study Method users might aim for three or four “sets” in
a day.
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As I’ve already said, that may be an unrealistic goal for all kinds of
reasons, so don’t worry if that doesn’t feel within reach.
I use an app called Forest, which lets you grow a little tree every
time you successfully complete a Pomodoro block.
When the timer rings, he says, that’s it! Stop work, even if you’re
convinced that a couple of extra minutes would finish the task.
Part of his rationale is that you need to have total respect for the
timer. If you don’t respect it when it says “time to stop”, you’re less
likely to respect it when it says “still time to focus”.
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He’d say that if you finish a task with time still on the clock for this
Pomodoro block, do more on it.
List the activities you want to do that day. Divide up a big project
into smaller tasks as far as you can.
Put check-boxes next to each activity for the number of
Pomodoro blocks you expect the activity to take. For example, if
you think your first task of the day will take 3 Pomodoro blocks (3
x 25 minutes), put 3 blank check-boxes next to the task.
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Tick off a box every time you complete a successful Pomodoro. Use
Francesco’s suggested notation to track how your expectations
compare to reality for the number of Pomodoros needed per task.
If you didn’t finish your block because you got distracted, be strict
with yourself. Don’t count that as one of your successful blocks.
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Some may be “to do” type items you can deal with on one of your
longer breaks.
And others may simply be things you’re worrying about that have no
concrete action. Write them down anyway, it will help!
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Turning the phone off is a good place to start! Unless you’re using a
Pomodoro app, in which case, put it on airplane or “do not disturb”
mode. Or log out of social media.
One approach is to brush the person off if you can. Make light of it if
you want, “dude, I can’t talk now – I’m in the middle of a Pomodoro”!
You look at the clock and see “only two minutes” down!
Really not that long in the grand scheme of things! And besides,
you’re on the clock – you don’t want to let yourself down.
Hurrah!
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It may not feel like much, but if it’s all you can do, take comfort that
this is far better than nothing. With time and practice, you might
find you can gradually increase the length and number of blocks you
do each day.
Progress!
As you practise, expect to gradually feel sharper focus and deeper
concentration – Pomodoro practitioners often feel the technique is
effectively training their brain to stay on-task when it’s supposed to
be.
A few days in, new Pomodoro users often report starting to feel
when they are halfway, or 5-minutes from the end of a 25-minute
block. This helps you pace yourself with the work you’re doing.]
If all this is very new to you, even getting through a single Pomodoro
in a day might be a great result. The secret is to gradually build up.
See here for more on the science of changing habits.
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