A tomato can cure your procrastination...procrastination?

When studying, have you ever been troubled by these problems:

😕I get distracted when studying, and I get careless when taking exams , so the knowledge can't enter my brain;

😕**lack of concentration,** procrastination , and complete slackness after a short break;

😕When there are too many things to do, my thoughts become confused and I don’t know where to start…

How can we break out of this vicious cycle?

Perhaps you have heard of the “Pomodoro Learning Method” that all the great people use?

This is a time management method that is widely used in work and study. By setting a short 25-minute Pomodoro timer, the cycle of "study-relax-study" is created, bringing unexpected efficiency and a sense of accomplishment.

Why is the Pomodoro Technique effective? How can you turn it into your own skill to help yourself learn?

What is the Pomodoro Technique?

Simply put, first list the tasks you want to complete (such as completing homework, looking up materials, etc.), set an alarm for 25 minutes (that is, a Pomodoro), and then concentrate on completing them one by one without distraction.

When the alarm rings, you can take a short break, review your learning progress, and decide whether you should adjust your study plan.

After that, start another 25-minute study session. And so on.

To be more specific, the Pomodoro Learning Technique is divided into the following steps.

1. **Take action, stop looking back, and finish one thing first. **Once you start taking action, no matter how small the effect is, even if you only complete a trivial task, it is no longer a "0" standing still.

2. Focus on completing tasks one by one . Don't be greedy and don't do several things at the same time.

3. First treat 25 minutes as a time unit , explore the learning cycle that suits you in practice, and improve your ability to divide time into blocks.

4. Analyze the problems of Pomodoro interruptions , persist in and get through the adjustment period of using the Pomodoro Learning Technique.

5. Make long-term plans and predictions based on your own situation, and test and adjust them in practice.

6. Try to break down complex problems and tackle them one by one using the Pomodoro Technique.

You can use practice to verify the scientific nature and effectiveness of the Pomodoro Learning Technique, and digest and absorb the skills without realizing it.

The Pomodoro Technique helps you rethink time

Do you have a "feel" for time? Can you feel how fast or slow it passes?

Test how accurate your sense of time is.

1. Turn on the stopwatch and put it aside. Don't look at it and count silently in your mind. When you count to 60, stop the stopwatch and see how big the gap is between the time you think has passed and the actual time that has passed.

2. Read 10 pages of a book, count the words, and record the reading time to estimate your reading speed.

3. Write a 200-word essay, taking into account the time it takes to think, write, and revise. Record the time you spend and estimate your writing speed.

You can also measure how much time is spent on other daily situations.

🔹Tomato Plan

We can look at time from two different perspectives.

Time is continuous: "I have been studying for an hour", "I have to catch the school bus in 10 minutes", "How long will it take you to complete this task?" The time here refers to the distance from the starting point to the end point.

**Time is alternating: **After Chinese class is math class, after math class is English class, after English class is physical education class... These events do not overlap with each other. We may not know the specific time, but we know the order of doing things at different times.

From the perspective of time duration, thinking, calculating and dividing the future is more like a blind man touching an elephant. This lack of a full perspective makes us feel that the future is difficult to predict, which in turn leads to anxiety. Anxiety often leads to reduced efficiency.

If we can view learning as a series of events and tackle them one by one, our learning efficiency will be improved.

Why is a Pomodoro 25 minutes?

Why does a class usually last about 40 minutes?

Why do good teachers tell jokes in the middle of class to liven up the atmosphere?

If you are asked to concentrate on doing something, how long can you last? Do you often get distracted?

**Attention is a scarce resource. **Generally speaking, people can only focus on one thing at a time, and they can only focus on one thing for a short time. The length of time varies from person to person and from environment to environment.

If you want to maintain a good learning state for longer, you can start planning with a time unit of 25 minutes.

🔹Tomato Plan

1. Set the Pomodoro timer to 25 minutes and start focusing on studying.

2. When the alarm sounds, take a 5-minute break regardless of whether you have finished studying or not.

3. Do a set of 4 Pomodoros, and take a break of 15 to 30 minutes after completing each set.

Try it out: See if you can maintain full concentration for a few Pomodoros, record your learning results and problems, and prepare for subsequent adjustments.

🔹Knowledge Gas Station

There is an interesting story about the origin of the 25-minute Pomodoro timer.

The author lives in the suburbs of Stockholm, and his office is in the city center. He takes the bus to work every day, which allows him to use the time on the bus to read or work, and the entire journey takes exactly 25 minutes.

He studied or worked on the bus at a relatively fixed time, with a single goal and activity, but the results were amazing. He learned more during the bus ride than at any other time.

Each of us has a time period that suits us, so the actual length of the Pomodoro timer may vary from person to person.

There are actually some deep-seated reasons behind learning difficulties.

1. Lack of awareness and self-discipline : Lack of awareness and self-discipline in time management, and easy to be distracted by temptations such as social media and excessive entertainment.

2. Unclear goals and priorities : Unclear goals and priorities can lead to wasted time in the process of completing tasks.

3. Lack of time planning and evaluation skills : Failure to accurately assess the time required for a task and to plan time appropriately will result in an inability to effectively manage time to complete tasks.

4. Lack of effective tools and strategies : If you do not adopt the right tools and strategies to manage your time, you will end up with paper work and low efficiency.

Every word doesn't mention me, but every word is talking about me

Applying the Pomodoro Learning Technique can help you get rid of learning difficulties and develop good habits, mainly in the following aspects:

1. Improve concentration : By limiting time periods to focus on tasks, you can cultivate and enhance your concentration and avoid distractions.

2. Improve self-discipline and time planning ability : The Pomodoro Learning Technique requires you to plan tasks according to time blocks, which can cultivate your self-discipline and time planning ability.

3. Enhance time assessment ability : By recording the work tasks completed in each Pomodoro, you can gradually improve your ability to accurately assess the time required for tasks, so as to better plan and organize your time.

4. Reduce stress and improve efficiency : Regular breaks can relieve fatigue and stress, and improve learning efficiency and effectiveness.

By mastering the Pomodoro Learning Technique, you will have stronger concentration and willpower, understand yourself better, and be able to face your own strengths and weaknesses, and play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses.

You will also have stronger time planning and coordination abilities. When you encounter complex or unexpected problems, you will not be at a loss, but will handle them in an orderly manner.

Say goodbye to learning difficulties and start changing now!

Source: Youth Digest

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What difficulties have you encountered in your studies?