How to use the online timer
The classic ratio: twenty-five on, five off, four times through. The numbers are not magic and were never claimed to be — twenty-five minutes is simply short enough that starting is easy and long enough that something gets finished. The five-minute break is the part most people shorten first, and shortening it is what turns the method back into an ordinary long session.
Use the five minutes to leave the desk entirely: stand up, look at something further away than the screen, get water. Checking messages is not a break, because it is the same posture and the same kind of attention. Keep this page open while the cycle runs, since the count lives in the tab and stops the moment the tab is closed.
Four blocks makes a little over two hours with the breaks included, which is a realistic morning rather than an ambitious one. If the fourth block is consistently useless, the answer is usually a longer break after the second rather than more willpower. The ratio is a starting point that happens to suit a lot of people, not a rule that has to be obeyed.
Common questions
Why is the five-minute break important?
It is the part most people cut first, and cutting it turns the method back into an ordinary long session. Leaving the desk entirely for five minutes is what makes the next block work.
Are the numbers fixed?
No. They are a starting point that suits a lot of people rather than a rule. If the fourth block is consistently useless, a longer break after the second usually helps more than extra effort.
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