If you’re like me, you find all the screens and tasks you have to deal with make it hard to stay focused. I don’t know how many times in the day I find myself forgetting what I was working on until I look at a particular screen or a piece of paper and think: oh yeah, I was doing that! (Its bad.)

I have recently came across a trick to help me focus. It’s a simple trick: I set a short 5 minute timer. When the timer goes off, I write down what I was just working on. I find this helps me from getting too distracted. Then I go back to my master todo list I refer to in order to make sure the things I am writing down are aligned with what I want to be doing. Finally I set another timer and try and focus on the next task I should be working on.