diff --git a/blog/pomodoro-2022-02-19.markdown b/blog/pomodoro-2022-02-19.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..683e204 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/pomodoro-2022-02-19.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +--- +title: How I Pomodoro +date: 2022-02-19 +author: sephiraloveboo +--- + +Recently I've started to work the +[Pomodoro](https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique) technique into +my workflow. I've been trying to use it on and off for years, but it's never +really stuck until now. + +My work laptop uses KDE, so I tried out +[Fokus](https://store.kde.org/p/1308861/) as a pomodoro timer on a lark. I've +really liked this. I think one of the major differences between how I've been +failing at pomodoro in the past and why it's been working now is that I've +worked it into my [daily note-taking/TODO +workflow](https://christine.website/blog/gtd-on-paper-2021-06-13). I label each +pomodoro (my notes call them "Pom" because that isn't something I write often in +them) as a section in my notes and then include a few TODO items under it. I'll +also add some notes to the pom in case I need them later. + +Here is an example of one such pomodoro section: + +![](https://cdn.christine.website/file/christine-static/blog/photo_2022-02-19_08-32-13.jpg) + +TODO(Sephie): get screenshot of this from apple notes after pom 1 is over + +[What the heck are those scribbles? Those look like sick +noodles!](conversation://Numa/delet) + + + +[I've been taking notes in Gregg Shorthand for +almost 6 months now. I do that mostly to have a way to write things in my notes +in such a way that onlookers can't easily see what is going on in them. It is +similar to using something like Elian Script or Ford Improved Shorthand for taking notes, but the main +difference is that Gregg is _phonetic_, so things will end up translating out +like this:](conversation://Cadey/enby) + +```markdown +Pom 1: Blog ++ write +* webfonts are strange +``` + +[Even though things literally say something like +this:](conversation://Cadey/enby) + +```markdown +Pom 1: Blag ++ rait +* webfonts ar stranj +``` + +[Semantically, it has the same meaning as the first +segment.](conversation://Cadey/enby) + +Most of the time I end up getting 7-9 pomodoros done in a single workday. This +translates to about 3 and a third hours of full focus time in a single workday +and the rest of the time is used communicating with others, in meetings, on +pomodoro breaks, incident response and other annoying life overhead. + +[If you are new to the industry, this kind of admission that less than half of +someone's workday is spent doing directly productive work can sound _really +weird_, but this is actually on the higher end of the spectrum from what we've +been able to research.](conversation://Mara/hacker) + +The other major important part of the pomodoro technique is frequent breaks +after every focus session. During the shorter breaks I'll play a short song in +[Beat Saber](https://youtu.be/q2iRL6Ef8hI) as a way to reset focus and create a +new flow state to lead me into the next focus session. Usually it also helps to +work on something else in the next focus session to force myself into a +different mode of thinking, but sometimes I only really have one major +outstanding task at once. + +I have been getting a lot better at estimating how long something will take for +me to do as a result of this (is this one of those neurotypical things that I've +not gotten the manual on and thus have had to relearn totally from scratch?), +but I do not feel comfortable sharing my estimates with anyone else yet. + +I am definitly going to continue with this experiment. I haven't found a +suitable pomodoro timer for Gnome yet, though I haven't looked too much. I've +been trying to reserve pomodoro for my dayjob, but I may integrate it into +[streams](https://twitch.tv/princessxen) as integrated breaks to talk about +something else for a moment. + +Overall though, I've been liking this technique. It makes me feel like I have +gotten things done even when my workday doesn't end up with any completed pull +requests or something like that. I can look back at the note for the day and say +"yeah, I did things". + +If you are looking for some pomodoro software, here's a little table of things +that I've been liking: + +| OS/Desktop Environment | Link | +| :-- | :---- | +| Windows | [PowerPom](https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/powerpom-pomodoro-timer/9p5zscl5qc8w?activetab=pivot:overviewtab) | +| KDE | [Fokus](https://store.kde.org/p/1308861/) | + +Post writing time: 2 poms diff --git a/css/artemis.css b/css/artemis.css new file mode 100644 index 0000000..515f5bd --- /dev/null +++ b/css/artemis.css @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +.artemis { + font-family: sans-serif; + line-height: 1.6; + font-size: 18px; + color: #fbf5ef; + background-color: #272744; + margin: 1em auto; + max-width: 750px; + padding: 0 0.55em +} + +.artemis h1,h2,h3 { + line-height: 1.2 +} + +.artemis h1 { + margin-top: 1em; + margin-bottom: 0.34em +} + +.artemis h2 { + margin-top: 1.25em; + margin-bottom: 0.41em +} + +.artemis h3 { + margin-top: 1.5em; + margin-bottom: 0.5em +} + +.artemis hr { + color: #494d7e; + background-color: #494d7e; + border: none; + height: 2px +} + +.artemis a { + color: #f2d3ab +} + +.artemis a:visited { + color: #f2d3ab +} + +.artemis time { + font-weight: bold +} + +.artemis table { + width: 100%; + outline: none; + border-spacing: 0px +} + +.artemis th,td { + padding-left: 0.7em; + padding-right: 0.7em; + padding-top: 0.4em; + padding-bottom: 0.4em +} + +.artemis table,th,td { + border: 1px solid #494d7e +} + +.artemis code { + font-family: monospace +} + +.artemis :not(pre) code { + background-color: #494d7e; + padding-left: 0.1em; + padding-right: 0.1em; + border-radius: 2px +} + +.artemis img { + border: 0.1em solid #494d7e +} + +.artemis video { + border: 0.1em solid #494d7e +} + +.artemis img.right { + float: right; + margin-left: 1em +} + +.artemis img.left { + float: left; + margin-right: 0.5em +} + +.artemis img.full { + width: 100%; + height: auto +} + +.artemis img.half { + width: 50%; + height: auto +} + +.artemis img.emoji { + width: auto; + height: 0.75em; + border: none +} + +.artemis pre { + font-family: monospace; + line-height: 1.45; + overflow-x: auto; + background-color: #494d7e; + padding: 0.2em; + border-radius: 2px +} + +.artemis pre code { + font-size: 0.8em; + padding: 0.2em; + display: block +} diff --git a/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.otf b/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.otf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1739e6 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.otf differ diff --git a/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.ttf b/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.ttf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec2033a Binary files /dev/null and b/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.ttf differ diff --git a/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.woff b/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.woff new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a94b0c6 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/font/ElianWideCapitalsLight.woff differ