In the earliest version of Freedom, the program had a set time limit – an hour or less, if I recall correctly.  None of this 8 hours business that ya’ll demanded.  I am a believer in focused short bursts of work – 55 minutes of writing/thinking, followed by 5 minutes of email/Facebook/etc.

Lately, I’ve discovered that micro-bursts – 10- or 15-minute Freedom sessions – are a great way to beat procrastination, writer’s block, or simple inertia.  If you are used to running Freedom for longer times, try a micro-burst when you need to break an unproductive streak.  If it helps, you can start chaining micro-bursts together – Freedom allows you to re-enter a session with the same time parameters when your Freedom session expires.

It is amazing how different 5 or 6 10-minute Freedom sessions chained together can feel, as opposed to an hour long session.  So next time you need a boost, give a shorter session a try.