Capter 3

Question 1

What is procrastination?

Answer 1

Procrastination means postponing things to the last moment.

Question 2

Why is procrastination bad for your learning?

Answer 2

Because you run out of time to build learning structures.

Question 3

What happens in your brain when you think about something you don’t like or don’t want to do?

Answer 3

It activates the INSULAR CORTEX, which is the same center of the pain. If you start the pain sensation will go away in 20 min.

Question 4

How would you explain the Pomodoro Technique to someone who had never heard of it?

Answer 4

25 min of focus mode and 10 min of the diffuse mode.

Question 5

What is the most important part of the whole Pomodoro process?

Answer 5

switch between the two phases.

Question 6

What should you do during your break between Pomodoros?

Answer 6

Diffuse mode. So mainly put the attention on nothing.

• walking/swimming/dancing
• sleeping
• shower/hot bathtub
• listen to music
• play on an instrument something that I already know.
• cuddle dog.

Question 7

What can be good about going into zombie mode?

Answer 7

A good habit is a good zombie mode. If we establish good strategies/patterns they can support our study.

Question 8

What does zombie mode have to do with procrastination?

Answer 8

Good zombies help to avoid distractions:

• put the phone in silent mode.
• train zombie to tell my brother that I’m doing a pomodoro.
• have a snack or toilet before doing a pomodoro.

Question 9

What was the point of the arsenic eaters’ story? How does it link to procrastination?

Answer 9

Because a bit of arsenic every day killed them. The same of a bit of procrastination every day.
10 min more of social media. 15 min more of computer game.
I will get stressed and miss deadlines.