Default Durations (in minutes)

Reminder Preferences

Optimizing Your Work Sessions: A Quick Guide

1. Define Your Total Session Time

Decide how long you want your entire focused work session to be (e.g., 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 2 hours). Enter this in the "Total Session Duration" field.

2. Configure Sprints & Breaks

Set your desired length for individual "Work Sprints" and "Short Breaks". If it's a longer session, you can also enable and configure "Long Breaks" to occur after a certain number of work sprints. You can use the defaults (from the Settings tab) or override them for the current session.

3. (Optional) List Your Tasks

Before generating the plan, you can list the specific tasks you aim to tackle during this session. This helps you stay oriented when the timer starts. The tool itself doesn't automatically assign these tasks to sprints in this version, but you'll use this list to guide your focus during work intervals.

4. Generate Your Interval Plan

Click "Generate Session Interval Plan". The tool will create a sequence of work sprints and breaks that fit into your total session duration. Review this plan.

5. Start the Session Timer

Click "Start This Session". The timer will begin for the first interval.

• During "Work Sprints", focus intensely on a task from your list. You can note which task you're on in the "Focusing on" field.
• During "Breaks", step away, stretch, or rest your eyes.

The tool will alert you when it's time to switch.

Timer Controls During Session:

• Pause/Resume: For unexpected interruptions.
• Next Interval: Finish the current work/break interval early and move to the next one in the plan.
• Stop Session: Ends the entire planned session.

Why Structure Your Sessions?

Techniques like Pomodoro (short sprints with breaks) help maintain high concentration, prevent mental fatigue, and can make large tasks feel less daunting by breaking them into manageable chunks of focused effort.