If I could only work in spurts of 90-120 seconds, I might finish 2 or 3 sentences at a time. Sometimes I wouldn’t even finish one sentence. If I then had to switch, when I came back I’d have to spend most of the timebox figuring out where I left off in the argument and getting myself back in that train of thought. Then it would be time to switch again.

I guess I’m saying that while I see the benefits of frequent task-switching (novelty bringing more mental energy and interest), there are also costs. Some tasks just seem more suited to spending 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or even an hour immersed in focused work.

What do you think about that? Am I misunderstanding how the timeboxing method applies to tasks like writing a paper? Or are the some tasks that work better with timeboxing than others, and if so how should we decide when to make use of this technique?

Thanks for this blog, it’s been very helpful to me. 

Oh yeah, here’s a pretty interesting science article. According to this study, even people who were born and raised in their L1 environment may have trouble understanding very simple sentences. This suggests a foreigner could very well learn an L2 better than a person who has spoken this languageas their L1 their whole lives.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706082156.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily+(ScienceDaily:+Latest+Science+News)

I like recommending this site to various language learners. If i were to direct them to one article, which one article do you think i should direct them to? First impressions are important afterall to make them read the rest of it.