Cherry Pomodoros

I consistently found myself with many unavoidable appointments, blocks of blank productivity time. In a Friday Hansei I decided to address this issue and came up with bite-sized travel friendly Cherry Pomodoros. Now, if you don't already know a Pomodoro is a set block of time devoted to the focus on your task. Pomodoro means tomato in Italian, as the person who invented the pomodoro technique used a tomato kitchen timer to track their Pomodoros. So, if Pomodoros translates to tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes are like regular sized Pomodoros but smaller. 

Preplan your options. Make a list of things you can do that can be easily dropped at a moments notice. Something you can do while sitting in a waiting room.

Ideas for Cherry Pomodoros:
Study
Research
Review
Brainstorm
Analyze and Organize
Create a Plan of Action
Harvestable Pomodoros

Harvestable Pomodoros or Flowering Pomodoros are focused on growing whatever it is you produce. It is the goal, but often times there isn't enough time in a Cherry Pomodoro to really hit a flow state and grow decent tomatoes. If there are things you can do in the limited span of a Cherry Pomodoro then that's fine, but you don't want to tap into a flow state and then be interrupted.

Prepack your travel kit. Here is an example of mine:
MX Keys Mini Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard
Tablet
Fountain Pen (Jin Hao, cheap but it works)
Tablet Stylus (Wacom One)
Fountain Pen Cartridges
A Book
A Magazine
Dude Wipes
Hand Sanitizer
Chapstick

Note: make sure that items that can potentially leak and ruin the other items are kept in separate compartments and in a plastic case or plastic bag. These are all being carried in large book bag (often listed as Bible carrying cases). Consider getting a travel case for the keyboard. 

Additional items that did not fit into the book carrying case are the padfolio with a legal pad and the coffee travel tumbler. Note: Walmart has cheap fountain pen friendly legal pads for about a dollar at least at the time this post was created. If you don't have a padfolio a clipboard will also do.

Remember that blocks of time devoted to rest, relaxation, and recharging are necessary. If you work all of the time without rest you will burn out and be forced to rest by your brain or your body through burnout. Cherry Pomodoros are meant to help grow more tomatoes in the brief spaces of time that can cut into your productivity for the day.