Eat that Frog with a Pomodoro
By: Tassawar Abbas
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amalkindness, Eat That Frog, Amal Academy, Amal Totkay

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method that encourages people to work with rather than against the clock. You divide your workday into 25-minute pieces interrupted by five-minute intervals using this strategy. Pomodoros are the name for these intervals.

Pomodoro Device

“The timetable is protracted, fatigue increases, productivity drops, and the timetable again is protracted.” (Francesco Cirillo)

Pomodoro is used to increase your productivity regarding done with your work before the deadline. In this blog, I would be interacting with the procrastination (by Tim Urban) and the Pomodoro technique (Harvard University expert). This technique would undoubtedly assist us in determining the benefits of making schedules and doing refreshments for the sake of doing things differently.

Technique

Nowadays I am dealing with Business communication skills and an English language course from Udemy.

“Finish the most important tasks and stop wasting time on irrelevant activities.” (Sunday Adelaja)

So I set the task to be done the 2 videos lecture and learn about them totally with practice.

Eat that Frog

Eat that frog refers to how to overcome procrastination by combining a Pomodoro timer with a frog, which will help you accomplish your task on time.

Procrastination is the act of putting off something that needs to be done right away.

“Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!” (Brian Tracy)

Eat that Frog

This technique is helping to work done before the deadline without any mistakes.

1st Strive

I am setting the timer for 25 minutes and start watching the video lecture. I remove the distraction before I start. I watched the video carefully with full concentration. I am also noting down the important points that are helping out during improve skills as well as practice. I am not focusing on the timer during the lecture. When the timer is ringing and I stop the task. Unfortunately, many distractions happened during this lecture such as the doorbell, phone from home, social media notification, etc.

Distraction

From these destructions, I can’t complete my task in a better way. I took a break of 5 minutes.

“Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting. The way he looked at you? He wasn’t distracted. He was consumed.” (Stephanie Perkins)

2nd Strive

After the break, I am setting the timer again. Then I begin to work on my task. I watched the lectures again and pen down the important points that I think it is necessary or compulsory for me. I removed many distractions around me then one distraction is left, who is my friend.

“My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people.” (Patricia Highsmith)

At this time I am glad that many points regarding the course are clear and easy to understand.

Friend Disturbance

The timer rings and I stop the work. At this attempt, only the practice regarding course left that I identify during setting my task. Now I took a break of 5 minutes again.

3rd Strive

I set the timer on 25 minutes. I begin to work from starting on the task that I have set. During this attempt, I have learned more than the other attempt. There are many points that clarify during this strive this.

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” (Winston S. Churchill)

In this attempt, I removed all the distractions and I sit in an empty room and I have done this task very effectively and well mannered.

Task Done

During this attempt, I am trying my best and do many efforts to complete it.

My thoughts

When I was doing these kinds of duties, I realized how important minutes and seconds were. While focusing on a certain assignment, I will put my phone away and create strategies and outlines before engaging in certain activities. This method proved to be beneficial, and I intend to share it with my friends. Yes, I am planning these activities regularly to get more experience and business communication skills.

“Distractions ended. Thoughts began. Then thoughts stopped, too, and the universe entered.” (Misba)

Regular use

I am trying my best to use this technique in my life and every day.

Conclusion

First of all, you set the task, then divide it into small pieces. Set the time for each step. Then, set your Pomodoro to 25 minutes. Work on the task until the Pomodoro is over.

Tick on Paper

After the timer tings put a star or a tick on a paper. Then, you take a 3–5 minutes break. Take a longer break after four Pomodoro (15–20 minutes).

Thank You, Amal Team.