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STOP PUSHING THE RIVER — Part 4

STOP PUSHING THE RIVER — Part 4

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This post is part of a series exploring how we humans interact with time.  So far we’ve figured out that our latest iteration of strategies for dealing with time, Clock Time, is starting to wear down a lot of us post-moderns into frazzles. The whole purpose of Clock Time is to enable us to get more and more things done.  The Achievement Junkies among us are having a field day. The rest of us are finding that if we are…

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AS THE TOMATO TICKS…DOING THE POMODORO

AS THE TOMATO TICKS…DOING THE POMODORO

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I felt silly the first time I tried this.  I had to talk myself into it over and over again. I mean …REALLY.  You set a plastic mechanical timer (preferably one that is shaped like a tomato because it’s traditional) for 25 minutes, and then you go do a thing you’ve been putting off (like writing a blog or a poem, for instance).   When the bell rings, you stop and rest for at least five minutes.  Repeat, repeat, repeat.  (It’s…

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