A quieter pomodoro timer
Twenty-five minutes of work, five minutes away. A soft bell at each turn instead of an alarm, and nothing on screen competing for the attention you are trying to protect.
What it is
The pomodoro technique breaks work into fixed stretches separated by real breaks. The specific length matters less than the two things it gives you: a visible finish line, and permission to stop.
Why it works
Most of the difficulty in hard work is starting. Twenty-five minutes is small enough to agree to when the whole task is not — and once you have begun, continuing is rarely the problem. The break is not a reward, it is the part that keeps the next session from being worse than the last.
How this one is different
- One thing. Write what you are working on before you start. It sits under the dial for the whole session, and lands in your history afterwards.
- A bell, not an alarm. A soft chime at each turn, plus a silent desktop notification if you have wandered to another window.
- Rain, optionally. A quiet wash while you work that falls silent the moment the break starts — so even with headphones on and eyes down, you know.
- 25, 50 or 90 minutes, with proportionate rests.
Between sessions
A break spent on the same screen is not much of a break. If you want something to do with the five minutes, a minute of coherent breathing fits neatly, and box breathing is good before a session you are avoiding.