Resisting Work-Related Tasks Over The Weekend: A New Approach
Resisted checking work emails on weekends by preparing reports & thinking through meetings beforehand. Found Pomodoro technique doesn't suit me; focus for 3+ hours yields better results, so now use that time for miscellaneous tasks instead of breaks.
Although there’s usually an important meeting at the start of every week, today I finally resisted using my personal time to handle work-related tasks. The key is probably to prepare by the last workday before the weekend—writing both the daily and weekly reports in advance, and carefully thinking through what needs to be said and done during the next week’s meetings. This helps avoid a certain mental burden. Today, I’d like to briefly talk about the Pomodoro technique. For me, Pomodoro doesn’t work that well. The main reason is that getting into a flow state actually takes a long period of pr...