PIPTIM · ALWAYS ON TOP
Pomodoro Timer 25/5
25 minutes of focus, a 5 minute break, and a 15 minute long break after the fourth round. Already configured.
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PIPTIM · ALWAYS ON TOP
25 minutes of focus, a 5 minute break, and a 15 minute long break after the fourth round. Already configured.
Tap the time to change it
The standard pomodoro runs four rounds of 25 minutes of focus and a 5 minute break, then a 15 minute long break. What makes the structure work is not the focus time but the fact that the breaks are mandatory. Four sessions run back to back are not a pomodoro; they are a two-hour block.
The breaks are also where it usually falls apart. Miss the end of a 5 minute break and the rest of the cycle drifts. The PiP window keeps the transition visible even when the break is spent in another window.
Turn on start the next session automatically in settings to chain focus and rest without stopping. If you only need one session, use the 25 minute timer.
Switch on "auto-start next session" in settings and the next focus block begins the instant the break ends. Leave it off and you press start each time, which suits days when you want a slightly longer rest.
By default after the fourth focus session, for 15 minutes. Both the number of rounds and the long break length can be changed in settings.
If the work is the kind you do not want to leave once you are in it, Focus 50/10 is the better fit. Still, keep 25 for the first few days. Feeling that it is too short is often a sign the focus is working.