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TIL a 10 minute kitchen timer break with my kid beat every productivity app I tried
I used to roll my eyes at the whole idea of scheduled breaks. Tried a bunch of timer apps on my phone and they all just felt like one more thing pinging at me. Then about 3 months ago my daughter asked why I never stop working, and that one stung. So we started this thing where I set a real egg timer for 10 minutes in the afternoon and we do something dumb like build a tower out of crackers or draw bad cats. I figured it would wreck my flow and I'd fall behind on client work. Turns it out it does the opposite. After 3 months of this I finish my day at 5:30 instead of 7, and my back pain from sitting is way better too. The big thing is the timer is not on my phone so I can't get sucked back into email. Anyone else use something that is not an app to force themselves to pause?
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