>>177>Do you actually use pomodoro for programming? I used to a lot but gradually I needed the timer less and less. I still use the same time management to a degree just without the timer. If I'm really struggling to keep focus I use it anyway though, something about the ticking noise puts me into a different mindset, "work time".
>how do you meditate?For me personally I put on a playlist comprised of the same track looped for about 40 minutes, sit on my bed with headphones and a blindfold and think of various things, often times it is anxiety and how to cope with various issues. I sit there and reason everything out until there's nothing left in my mind to distract me or until the time runs out, the blindfold and headphones are there to deprive me of my surroundings and force me to tackle what's on my mind (as an aside I've been diagnosed with ADHD and have Tinitus from an accident at work, you may not need these things yourself). This is probably not conventional and there's many forms of meditation, you have to find something that works for you.
I do this whenever I feel I need to and not on a schedule, typically what happens is I try to do something, find myself unable to sit still and go meditate instead, when that's done I will do something leisurely like watch a video then attempt work again usually with success, so long as nothing major impacts me I won't have to do it again for a while (some weeks). Granted this is at home, during work I don't have this option so it has to be put off until I get home.
The word that comes to mind of how I feel after a session is "unbothered". For reference I use this sound track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JJfvY7WVf0 yes it's lame. The bells in the beginning have the same effect on me as the pomodoro ticking, it puts me into a different mode quickly so I'm stuck with it.
I hope this helps in some way.