Since I’ve started working for myself, I have become obsessed with my productivity probably because I’m convinced that I could do more, if only I didn’t fanny away time messing with emails, hanging with my peeps on Twitter and Facebook (in the name of work of course) and trawling through Google Reader. Working from home means there is always opportunities to be distracted, because the boyf will phone up and ask if I took something out the freezer or to turn the hose on, or the washing machine needs emptying and next thing you know, an hour has vanished. Likewise I do chores and then pass my iPad or iPhone and feel inclined to check them.
Cue TenPlusTwo, an app I’m trying out on the iPhone which has been inspired by the (10+2)*5 hack by productivity guru Merlin Mack. Basically you work for ten minutes, then you hear a ping, and you play for two minutes, then another PING, then work, then ping and basically do it five times. Next thing you know, an hour has gone by, you haven’t procrastinated, and you’ve actually achieved something.
Only shocking thing is that two minutes is actually a very short period of time, which explains why each time I’ve told myself in the past that it’d take two minutes, the time just spiralled.
59p on iTunes. You can of course just set a timer but you know I love my gadgetry removing the legwork!
