Here’s What Happened When I Set a Timer and Wrote My Essay

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Now that I’ve been writing Atomic Essays for almost a week, I wanted to see what would happen if I gave myself a time limit.

In addition to time constraints and interruptions, I’m also one of those people that can ponder over words, sentences, research, and topics for hours. It’s ridiculous.

Things to know first:

• I knew my topic ahead of time
• I had researched and written down important points I wanted to make
• All I had to do was set the timer and write (no editing)

So how did it go?

I hit start on the timer. I had 25 minutes. I panicked for a second and then started writing.

I got into a surprisingly quick flow. My mind became focused and I got concise with my thoughts very quickly. As I started to ponder something, my mind said, “NO! JUST PICK A THOUGHT AND GO!”

I did, and I kept writing until the 25 minutes were up.

I finished my last sentence right as the timer went off.

What happened next?

I felt relief and accomplishment. I had an article written in 25 minutes and I was about 100 words over the allotted 250 words for an atomic essay.