Finding the Starting Point

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Without the Pomodoro Technique, figuring out how to start each workday can be hard. You might feel like you have a billion things and you can’t possibly do everything simultaneously. So, you never really start, and suddenly it’s lunch time.

The concept of “do it now” is a good principle for reducing the total amount of work you have to do. For example, as an independent software development consultant, I manage my own company. This entails all my regular work and also mandatory paperwork such as keeping the books, sending invoices, and filling in tax forms. Postponing this work makes it even harder and more complicated ...

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