I have been incorporating elements from Getting Things Done and The Now Habit to help me get things done, and the latest trove I am raiding is The Pomodoro Technique (prompted by the new Pomodoro Technique book from the Pragmatic Programmers.)

After a few days of working with it in a reasonably methodical manner I have come to see just how ingrained some of my habits and behaviors are. I thought it was hard to intentionally cultivate good new habits, but breaking the old habits it harder. Let’s see how I do with this technique.