Have you ever heard about 15-Minute clock ?🤔

Sripaada Pendem
2 min readMay 12, 2022

--

Each day has 24 hours , and each individual is trying to make the most out that , but as always , we certainly procrastinate , it is inevitable , but it is certainly feasible to be more productive if we think of our time by 15 minute blocks of an hour, or to be precise a 15-minute clock.

What is 15-minute clock ?

Divide an hour of the clock into 4 distinct blocks , 0–15 minutes , 15–30 minutes, 30–45 minutes, 45–60/00 minutes. Now these are your available time blocks you use in an hour repeatedly.

How I use it ?

Each time I’m in the house of procrastination, I take a glance at the clock , let’s say the time is , 8.21, I immediately notice it’s in the block of 15–30 minutes , so what I do is , I’ll allow myself to procrastinate away this block , and no more , and starting next block I’ll get out of procrastination and do my stuff and that’s how I use it.

Why It works ?

Thinking about time in clocks ( analog ) is usually not done in quarters , we’re totally used to act in half’s or fulls or for absolutely low amount of time like 5 minutes , which is neither sufficient nor feasible, but 15 minutes is useful, because

  • it’s just the right amount of sweet spot, which gives us enough time to rest.
  • It’s makes us invested invested in the stuff we do.
  • It enables us to get out of the initial friction.

My experience with it ?

Well , even though I incorporate most of the productivity techniques in my life which do serve the purposes , this 15-minute clock , is something that is so versatile, that it can be used to literally any of the stuff in our daily life ,

and it is less to think about , all you need to do is to take a quick glance at any clock and you can turn that into your 15-minute clock , so it quickly became my go to clock which totally changed my life , in which I consciously being inclined to do more stuff that I want to.

P.S :

If you’ve read this far , then you’ll probably like this list of productivity techniques that I use to make my life easier and more productive , so please do check it out, and finally ,

Tell me in the comments , i you’ve used this 15-minute clock and how it has been useful to you , also share this post with your friends , so they can make their lives easier too.

--

--

Sripaada Pendem

A Teenager writing about interesting things which provide value.