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Focus by Design: The Art of Themed Workweeks
"Have you ever finally gotten into a groove, only to be interrupted by meetings or chat? This article explains how to design a week where you can dive into deep work without stress by combining “Day Theming,” which assigns a work theme to each weekday, with “Flowtime,” which tells you to take a break when you notice signs your focus is slipping. We also share templates you can use immediately as an individual or a team."
End Procrastination for Good: A Practical 2-Week Guide to Delivering Results with Timeboxing
Why does work keep expanding and dragging on? Timeboxing is a powerful way to beat procrastination and over‑optimistic estimates by setting a maximum time for each task. From scientific evidence to a concrete two‑week practice plan, and how to pair it with Flowtime to raise focus, this guide explains all the knowledge you need to deliver steady results.
Time Blocking 101: How to Get 2x More Done Without Working Harder
A complete guide to boosting productivity with time blocking. This is a time management technique where you design your day with "boxes" of time to reduce switching costs and improve focus. This guide comprehensively covers everything from how to get started based on scientific evidence to combining it with the Flowtime technique and tips for success.
How to Create “Focus Time” and “Smart Breaks” for Peak Productivity
How to design “focus time” and “smart breaks” to maximize productivity. From spotting when your focus starts to fade, to science‑backed microbreaks, to creative rest that sparks new ideas. This guide explains the full set of techniques for optimizing performance by reading your own “signs.”
"Are “breaks every 90 minutes” really effective? How to find the focus cycle that fits you"
"The notion that “taking a break every 90 minutes sustains concentration” began with findings from sleep research, but it isn’t a one‑size‑fits‑all rule. This article unpacks the scientific truth behind the “90‑minute rule” and, with concrete steps, explains how to maximize productivity by spotting your own dip points instead of being bound to fixed times. Let’s discover your personal best focus cycle."
How to Create a Brain That Sparks Ideas: A Practical Guide to Maximizing Creativity with the "Incubation Effect"
The "incubation effect" is when you get stuck without ideas, but a solution emerges after you deliberately step away from the problem. This article explains the scientific mechanism behind this effect. Furthermore, it provides a practical, research-based guide covering why simply resting isn't enough, the conditions for maximizing the effect, the optimal ways to spend your break, and how to use your time based on different goals. Design "when and what you do when you step away" and unlock your creativity.
Break Through the Focus Barrier: A 90-Second Microbreak Can Take Your Performance Even Higher
Short breaks of under 10 minutes—“micro breaks”—consistently boost motivation and reduce fatigue.
A Thinking Framework to Minimize Task Interruptions: Three Causes of Broken Focus and the Fastest Techniques to Return to a Focused State
We classify interruptions that hinder focus into three categories—structural, external, and internal—and explain the priority order of the most effective responses. You’ll learn concrete techniques to catch the signs that your focus is about to break and to return to work as quickly as possible.
What Is "Context Switching," a Technique for Not Losing Focus Every Time You Switch Tasks
When you switch tasks, your brain rebuilds goals and rules from scratch. The larger the rule gap, representation gap, and stakes gap, the higher the cost. This article introduces a way to minimize the pain of switching by inserting a task‑bridging act in the 60 seconds before and after the switch.
Three Preparations to Regain Focus Quickly After a Work Interruption | A 14‑Day Return Method You Can Master
This article explains how to reduce the time you lose to interruptions at work: decide the very first step you’ll take when (re)starting, write a note in the final 30 seconds before you stop, and standardize your return procedure. If you turn these three into habits over 14 days, your resumption time after interruptions will drop dramatically. This is a practical application of the Flowtime Technique.
The Big Picture of “Context Switching” for the Fastest Return From Task Interruptions: Identify Causes, Design the Switch, Build a Habit of Immediate Return
A three-stage flow—identify causes → design the switch → automate resumption—combined into one process to reduce dithering and delays in getting back on track.
How to Select Tasks Suited to the Flowtime Technique | Decide on Three Axes: Uncertainty × Length × Importance
Clarify which tasks pair well with the Flowtime Technique. It’s effective for long, high‑uncertainty work such as creation and problem solving, while short, routine tasks or work that requires coordination with others are better served by other methods.
How Long Focus Lasts Is Decided by How You Stop: Flowtime-Style “Break Signs” That Reset Fatigue and Raise Quality
To avoid missing the breakpoints in concentration, define stop signs across body, cognition, and behavior to prevent both overruns and stopping too early. Here are criteria to optimize the balance between fatigue and quality.
Restart Cues for the Flowtime Technique | How to Regain Focus with “1 Sentence → 3 Breaths → 2 Minutes”
Three steps to slip back into interrupted work: write your next step in one sentence, calm yourself with three deep breaths, and re‑warm your hands and head with a two‑minute warm‑up.
The Complete Guide to the Flowtime Technique: How to Choose, Stop, and Resume Your Tasks
Introducing a three-step method to slip back into interrupted work: write the next step in one sentence, calm yourself with three deep breaths, and re‑warm your hands and head with a two‑minute warm‑up.
Optimizing Time Management in SOCs: FlowTime Creates 90–120 Minutes of “Deep Analysis Time”
This article explains why information security analysts, who face “alert fatigue” and “fractured focus” during log correlation and incident response, need to maintain a flow state and what the true cost of interruptions is. It then introduces FlowTime, which protects deep analysis by combining 90–120‑minute focus blocks with flexible breaks. The piece also covers how FlowTime reduces false‑positive overhead and nighttime on-call burden, and highlights the assurance of offline usability.
"How to Use FlowTime to Sustain QA Focus: Reduce Interruption Costs to Boost Quality and Productivity"
"Aimed at software QA analysts, this article explains why the flow state matters, the costs of interruptions, their impact on efficiency and quality, and how to protect focus while optimizing breaks with FlowTime. Drawing on real-world results and scientific evidence, it presents usage techniques tailored to the challenges of this specific role."
Life Starts Moving with “Just Five Minutes” — Flowtime-Based Reversal for Procrastination
For individuals, students, and self‑learners who know what they should do but can’t get started, this article explains the psychology of procrastination and the cost of interruptions, and proposes a method to enter a focused state from small actions using Flowtime. It presents research on the prevalence of procrastination and its mental burden, data on the time it takes to return after losing focus, and practical adoption examples to drive behavior change.
Test-Day-Proof Study Methods — A Focused Learning Guide Using FlowTime
This article is for learners who struggle with test anxiety and frequent interruptions. It shows how to build a flow state with FlowTime. Drawing on evidence that test anxiety occupies working memory and lowers scores, and that restart costs from interruptions can reduce productive time by up to 40%, it explains the benefits of combining long focus blocks with variable breaks.
Working Without Burning Out — How to Balance Results and Rest with FlowTime
For knowledge workers and managers struggling with burnout, this article explains—through research and data—why maintaining a flow state matters and what interruptions really cost, then presents FlowTime as a solution. Against the backdrop of declining global employee engagement and productivity losses driven by interruptions, we propose using FlowTime’s variable breaks and integrated task management to heighten focus, reduce fatigue, and improve outcomes.
"Reclaim a Parent’s Day—A Blueprint for Running ‘Work, Parenting, and Self’ with FlowTime"
"For parents pressed by children’s drop-offs and pick-ups, housework, and work, this article explains how to regain focus with FlowTime and redesign your whole life. Citing survey data, it quantifies the large cost of interruptions and the effects of flow time with concrete figures, and proposes the Flowtime app’s features and the benefits of adopting it."
Side-Hustle Strategies That Won’t Be Overwhelmed by Anxiety—Protect Your “Earning Time” with Flowtime
This article explains how side‑hustlers and freelancers with unstable income can use Flowtime to overcome financial stress and procrastination and focus on revenue‑critical tasks. It outlines the limits of working memory, the true cost of interruptions, and the scientific basis for 90‑minute cycles, and presents Flowtime’s features and adoption benefits with concrete numbers.
FlowTime for Focused Financial Work — Overcome Deadlines and Errors with a Variable‑Break Timer
This article explains how finance professionals bound by strict IFRS/GAAP standards can use FlowTime’s variable‑break timer and statistics dashboard to reduce interruptions and errors and free themselves from deadline‑driven days.
Introduction to Flowtime | How to Practice a Time‑Management Technique That Doesn’t Break Immersion
A complete, step‑by‑step guide to Flowmodoro/Flowtime: the core ideas and how to practice them; the timer‑free routine of “work until your focus breaks → take an appropriate break”; the 20% rest guideline; logging and reflection; tool usage (FlowTime, Toggl, Clockify, RescueTime); common pitfalls and fixes; and smart ways to combine it with Pomodoro so you can start today.
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Same Output, More Fatigue? The Pomodoro Technique’s “Unexpected Side Effect” [Tested with 94 University Students]
In a two-hour experiment involving 94 university students, the results were equivalent, but differences were found in the degree of fatigue and loss of motivation. We will introduce the suitability of Pomodoro, Flow Time, and self-regulation, as well as a procedure for finding the optimal break time in two weeks.
Pomodoro vs. Flowtime: Which Time Management Method Will Maximize Your Focus?
The Pomodoro Technique uses 25-minute sprints, while the Flowtime Technique lets your focus flow uninterrupted. We'll compare their mechanics, benefits, and how to use them for studying and work—all in simple terms. Find out which time management method is perfect for you.
The Complete Guide to Getting Started with the Flowtime Technique
A comprehensive guide on how to start the Flowtime Technique. A step-by-step guide for beginners, covering procedures to maximize concentration without a timer, how to take breaks, and tips for recording and reviewing.
Complete Guide to Flowtime Technique | Differences from Pomodoro, Advantages, and Implementation Methods Explained
Many people find the strict nature of the Pomodoro Technique limiting. This article thoroughly explains the "Flowtime Technique," a flexible time management method based on scientific evidence. Learn how to find your ideal concentration rhythm while comparing the differences, advantages, and disadvantages with Pomodoro.