Tick tock: How to get over deadline pressure and do the work

ByChristalle Fernandes

Mar 07, 2025 04:56 PM IST

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Have faith. Breathe. Don’t get unalived over deadlines. Those who fought the clock and won, share their best get-it-done hacks

Is it deadline-o’clock again? While most lives are driven by alerts, reminders and cut-off points, for some, the countdown to zero hour brings only stress. Suddenly, a one-hour task seems impossible even where there are 60 minutes to spare.

Divide and conquer. Don’t try to finish different tasks at the same time; it just causes anxiety. (ADOBE STOCK)

Break up the day into 25-minute slots of focused work, with the Pomodoro technique. (ADOBE STOCK)

View a project as a marathon – start slow and break into a full run only later. (ADOBE STOCK)

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Have faith. Breathe. Don’t get unalived over deadlines. Those who fought the clock and won, share their best get-it-done hacks

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