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Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#52Play bullet chess on Lichess!
It's fun, and quick!
Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#53You're looking at it.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#54play with my dog, meditate, grab water, take a piss, smack my wife's ass, look out the window, bang out some pullups
Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#55Do 10 pushups or squats.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#56I have seen my uncle do it. He is a corporate finance consultant. He simply opens his laptop or phone and starts working on random things, replying to e-mails, making presentations, scheduling appointments, creating/closing tasks on client PM/ERP software. Sometimes for as little as 3 minutes.
As a developer, for the longest time I thought why tf can't I be as productive! Then I realized the rev up time for my line of work is not like his. By the time my brain switches context to work on code, those 5 minutes are up.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#57I had this question for ages.
I read medium, HN and youtube.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#58Burpees, pull-ups, a few animal flow moves.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#59The best thing I can often do for my productivity is to unplug for a bit and walk around.
I can bang my head against the wall for an hour on a problem. If I get up, walk away, and do something that appears like time wasting… I will usually come back to my desk and instantly solve it.
Re: Ask HN: How do you use 5–10 minute gaps productively?
#60I put the kettle on and/or walk around the garden (weather permitting).
Best use of 5-10min intervals I can think of :)