Category: “Personal Productivity”

The Pomodoro Technique is a simple but effective time management method created by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The method divides your work into short intervals of intense concentration, traditionally 25 minutes, separated by short breaks. Each work interval is called a “pomodoro” (Italian for tomato, a term inspired by a tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used as a student).

The main purpose of setting digital boundaries is to restore control over our attention and energy in a hyperconnected world. It involves consciously defining when, how, and for how long we interact with technology, so that it serves our goals rather than becoming a constant source of distraction and interruption.

The fundamental purpose of delegating tasks is to optimize the use of our time and energy by transferring specific responsibilities to other people, systems, or entities that can execute them efficiently.

Time blocking is a time management technique that involves dividing your day into specific blocks of time dedicated to specific types of activities. Time blocking allows you to be proactive: you decide in advance when you’re going to do each thing and for how long.

Batching, or task grouping, is a task management technique that involves grouping similar activities together and performing them consecutively in time blocks dedicated specifically to that type of work. Instead of constantly switching between different types of tasks throughout the day, batching proposes concentrating all tasks of the same nature into specific periods.