tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2252342917921848476..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The Chicken of Time: Gillian PhilipUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-66476069715662434842010-09-30T19:16:25.844+01:002010-09-30T19:16:25.844+01:00I want a wolf of time too! Just catching up on AB...I want a wolf of time too! Just catching up on ABBA here--love this post, Gillian, and shall inevitably be trying this method.Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-75691560776411193782010-09-24T12:16:58.836+01:002010-09-24T12:16:58.836+01:00This is brilliant! I'm off to find the Wolf of...This is brilliant! I'm off to find the Wolf of Time! I did laugh at Charlie's Brooker's vision of Google Assault - won't be long....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018944465720933242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-28611086037693288052010-09-23T21:50:46.042+01:002010-09-23T21:50:46.042+01:00Hooray - another thing to stop me working! I have ...Hooray - another thing to stop me working! I have to go and INVESTIGATE the pomodoro technique now, and maybe experiment with some alternatives, and then TELL everyone about it, and write a blog post on it - oh, you just did that - and think about it and find it works for a day and then find it doesn't the next day because I've forgotten to set the timer so I have to look for another technique to make me remember to set timers...arghhhhhhh *gibbers a lot*Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39339493356384370762010-09-23T20:18:19.169+01:002010-09-23T20:18:19.169+01:00I recommend thirty minutes in my writing workshops...I recommend thirty minutes in my writing workshops and people often find it kickstarts them again. If you do your 30 minutes you can get up knowing you've done you're writing.Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935448538608020877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43248926501791487332010-09-23T18:21:10.992+01:002010-09-23T18:21:10.992+01:00Love the hour glass idea- only trouble is will hav...Love the hour glass idea- only trouble is will have to spend time searching for one on the internet. Still as the Sand Dancers know, for it is written in the Sands of Time , 'Time passes, sands shift and secrets are revealed'Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84343920005803985292010-09-23T16:30:34.092+01:002010-09-23T16:30:34.092+01:00It's a slippery slope of time control. That...It's a slippery slope of time control. That's why I love the hour glass. The sand slips silent through glass. And there are many layers of poetry tied up in the glass, also made from sand, and drawing lines in time with pencils, with sand, as more time slips through my fingers like sand slips through the glass.<br />Love it. But I do find that it helps me focus when I have too too many things to do and stops me being like a lost rabbit in the middle of the road.<br />Now, where did I put my Time Chicken. I want 15 minutes reading before I get back to painting a cheetah.Jackie Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18344677229001312105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-3397656561288536432010-09-23T14:34:13.418+01:002010-09-23T14:34:13.418+01:00I have the lovely Jackie Morris to thank - she too...I have the lovely Jackie Morris to thank - she took pity on my pathetic lack of discipline and sent me her very own chicken. Jackie has graduated to an hour glass - befitting for one who produces things of dazzling beauty. http://www.drawingalineintime.blogspot.com/Kathryn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439670363289229014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39022983358559789582010-09-23T14:11:16.829+01:002010-09-23T14:11:16.829+01:00I SO need one of those chickens...
But I once went...I SO need one of those chickens...<br />But I once went on a time management course, so you'd think I would know better.<br /><br />We had a filofax-style notebook that was divided up into half hour slots, and you had to draw little pictures in them to remember to do things like buy your wife flowers (I was one of few females on this course, obviously...) The technique for completing longer tasks involved a gruesome image of cutting up an elephant and eating it bite by bite... similar idea? <br /><br />Trouble is when writing first drafts, I find my slots need to be longer than half an hour - four hour chunks seem to work for me, followed by half an hour "off" to leave comments like this online!Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-25291657187827959702010-09-23T12:58:46.860+01:002010-09-23T12:58:46.860+01:00It is a good idea - I just tried it with my mac te...It is a good idea - I just tried it with my mac tea timer.Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442269757463713048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-14878432308366266282010-09-23T12:02:48.328+01:002010-09-23T12:02:48.328+01:00Works for me...although sometimes I need the full ...Works for me...although sometimes I need the full Jonathan Franzen - no internet, hired (borrowed) office, headphones to block out noise, games disabled on computer.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57913688947298503792010-09-23T11:22:06.645+01:002010-09-23T11:22:06.645+01:00Yup, this trick has saved my bacon. Currently usin...Yup, this trick has saved my bacon. Currently using an online exploding bomb timer but am looking for just the right non-virtual one! <br />And I too use some of my 5 mins breaks to look at twitter etc. It's turned it into a treat. <br /><br />Better get back to work - my timer awaits!M Louise Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13165271083632185438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86279510842998410392010-09-23T11:20:01.787+01:002010-09-23T11:20:01.787+01:00I love this idea! But I want a sheep of time...I love this idea! But I want a sheep of time...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20417887561238564652010-09-23T11:11:59.009+01:002010-09-23T11:11:59.009+01:00Only very recently, I've started giving myself...Only very recently, I've started giving myself 30 minute slots in which to solidly write. I believe Anne Cassidy does this. And there was a recent article from Charlie Brooker on this very subject:<br /> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/13/charlie-brooker-google-instantkaren ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595346107578248030noreply@blogger.com