Pomodoro Technique breaks are not 5 minutes.

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• Repeat cycle of 25 min work → 5 min break art of doing business.
  • A few more detailed steps
    • set
      • 25 minutes work, 5 minutes rest
      • 25 minutes work, 5 minutes rest
      • 25 minutes work, 5 minutes rest
      • 25 minutes work, 30 minutes rest
    • Repeat this set.

The above explanation of the “five-minute break” is a mystery that arose in the process of popularizing the Pomodoro Technique.ritual

• It’s explicitly denied in the 2010 Introduction to the Pomodoro Technique.
  • I went into it in 2012 saying that it was spreading the wrong interpretation, but it just keeps spreading. - Length of breaks in the Pomodoro Technique (2012-11-11) - > To quote from “Length of breaks” on p. 152. - > >Should we time-box breaks as well? Will it prevent a long, unprotected break? The answer is no. The answer is no, because you have to be mentally ready when you start your next pomodoro.
  • I’d read about it, but I’d completely forgotten about it.
    • I’d forget about it, and I’d want to take a break, so I’d usually rest for more than five minutes.
  • I thought it wasn’t good that I kept slacking off after five minutes, but I guess it was natural.
  • The author, Francesco Sirillo, says that his own experience was just right for him to work for 25 minutes and take a 5-minute break.
    • I’m sure you all can find just the right allocation for yourselves, like
      • Oversimplification. Or perhaps some important information fell through the process of summarizing?
    • The Pomodoro part should have said, “Try it yourself and find out if 25 minutes is good for you,” and yet, “25 minutes is the rule!” Like.ritualization をしてしまう

parable

• Saying “I have a hard time concentrating on my work” to someone who has a hard time concentrating on his work is like saying “I need to work for 25 minutes and take a 5-minute break” to someone who has no muscle strength and wants to improve it is like saying “I need to squat 25 times and do 5 pull-ups” to someone who has no muscle strength and wants to improve it.
  • That’s absurd…
  • You wouldn’t feel at ease if you turned the timer on during your break.

• because by the time you start the next pomodoro, you must be mentally ready.

  • This means, “Rest until you feel ready for the next 25 squats.”
• He also says, “Let’s first measure how many pomodoros I can do in a day.”
  • This is because the length of the break can be extended or interrupted and the pomodoro interrupted.
  • You’re not observing reality well enough to assume you can do a mechanical process like “25 minutes activity, 5 minutes break.”
    • spreading false rumors のしくみに似ているかも
    • Simple, easy-to-understand information tends to spread easily, even if it is wrong.

relevance - People who would be stoic.

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