Eat that Frog with a Pomodoro

Neha Ijaz
3 min readApr 17, 2021

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To overcome procrastination by using the Pomodoro technique

“If you put off everything till you’re sure of it, you’ll never get anything done.”

From the Above saying, we can clearly depict the consequence of procrastination which shows that procrastination always has tragic ends. It is basically putting off things intentionally or unintentionally that always lead us to a danger zone.

Tragic consequences of procrastination

It’s the habit of all of us to delay and hold up our tasks, assignments and projects till the deadline which usually end up in lack of recognition, sense of accomplishment and belongings, damaged organisational structure and eventually make us less productive that arises internal issues. So, it’s high time to eat that frog.

Yes, eat that frog and do that difficult task right away and stop procrastinating over things which you can do easily and yes it’s possible because impossible is the word unknown to us:D The best time of doing anything is present, it should be done right now without any further delay by using pomodoro technique. Let me tell you what this technique exactly says;

  • First of all made up your mind to do any task right away
  • Start that task instantly
  • Fix pomodoro alarm to 25 minutes
  • Continuously work on that assignment until the timer rings.
  • Take a short break of 5- 7 minutes after every ring of the set alarm.
  • Avoid the distractions or note it and you can download any focused app for this purpose which blocks every notification from your phone and allows you to only work on the specific app you’re using.
  • Repeat those steps several times in a row
  • After that repetition you deserve a long break 0f 20–25 minutes
  • So yeah! Treat yourself very well for this achievement.

I myself do this drill very much in my daily life and enjoy doing this with my assigned tasks.It really works for me, trust me. I feel more productive and efficient whenever I apply this technique in attempting my tasks. It really removes work load and maintains our daily life beautifully.

I, onwards, apply this awesome drill in my future and inform everyone I know. It’ll surely help me in achieving my future goals.

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