cmart's Hardcore Coworking
a day ago
- Hardcore Coworking involves 50-minute work periods followed by 10-minute breaks, with a timer signaling transitions.
- Sessions are held at libraries or cafes, avoiding homes and table-service restaurants to minimize interruptions.
- Participants should arrive with a pre-planned task list; work can include studying, personal development, or journaling, but not leisure activities like texting, social media, or games.
- During work time, conversation is limited to essentials (e.g., seating or power cords); eating/drinking is allowed only if working simultaneously, and appearances of procrastination are avoided.
- Break time is for relaxed conversation, movement, and optional phone use; working through breaks is allowed but not expected to be distraction-free.
- Optimal arrival/departure occurs during break time; if during work time, minimize disturbance.
- Groups may take a lunch break by skipping one work period; individual lunch breaks are fine if schedules differ.
- After the final work period, the group does not linger to reinforce the coworking space's purpose.
- The protocol is designed to combat akrasia (procrastination) and is open to revision after initial trials.
- Common objections addressed: breaks aid stamina and focus; coworking enables body doubling; alternative schedules are not enforced but allowed; remote meeting attendance is permissible with low volume.