The Pomodoro technique is a popular time management strategy that helps people do better and more focused work. To use this technique, organize your work into 30-minute intervals, each consisting of a 25-minute focus period followed by a 5-minute break. Repeat the intervals until you’ve completed all your tasks or reached the end of your workday.

Momentum's Pomodoro Timer makes it easy to use this popular time management technique—and you can even customize the Focus and Break timers to whatever you like.

Momentum's Pomodoro Timer is exclusively available to Momentum Plus members. Upgrade to Plus today to start using this feature, and all of the other exclusive Plus member benefits!

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In this help article, you will learn...

• How to enable Momentum's Pomodoro timer
• How to use Momentum's Pomodoro timer
• How to customize your timers
• Additional Pomodoro Timer options
• A workaround for Pomodoro notification sound delay on Safari

Enabling Momentum's Pomodoro 

Momentum's Pomodoro timer lives right at the center of your dashboard.

To enable the Pomodoro timer, hover your mouse over the clock, click the Switcher icon that appears to the left and then click the Pomodoro icon.

Using Momentum's Pomodoro timer

Once you've enabled the timer, you're nearly ready to get started. Follow the steps below to get the most out of the popular time management technique.

1. Create a list of tasks that you want to focus on completing today. 📋
   • Momentum’s Todo and Autofocus mode is perfect for this.
2. Start your first 25-minute Focus timer and begin working on your first task(s).
3. Continue working until the 25-minute Focus timer ends. A friendly chime will sound. 🔔
4. Recharge with a 5-minute break.
   •💡Stretch, get a warm beverage, or meditate.
5. Once the 5-minute Break timer ends you will hear another chime sound, signalling the next Focus session. 🔔
6. Repeat this pattern of focused work sessions and short breaks until you finish all the tasks you need to get done, or your work day comes to an end. 😊

Customizing your timers

With Momentum's Pomodoro timer you can easily customize the Focus and Break timers to fit your personal workflow.

To change the length of your Focus or Break, hover your mouse over the timer, click ••• that appears to the right, and then update the Focus or Break sections.

Additional Pomodoro options

Below you will see what other options Momentum's Pomodoro timer has available—like resetting or completing your active timer, enabling the Autoplay or Calm timer modes and viewing your Pomodoro stats.

Resetting/switching between timers

If a Focus or Break session starts but you're not quite ready, you can quickly reset it by clicking the name of the timer above the countdown.

Similarly, you can quickly switch between Focus or Break sessions by clicking either name above the Pomodoro timer.

Completing a timer

To complete your active Focus or Break timer, simply click the Progress bar above the timer.

Note: Completing your Focus timer will +1 to your 'Completed' and 'Focused' Pomodoro stats.

Pomodoro stats

Want to know how many Pomodoro Focus timers you've completed, or see how many Focus minutes you've had Today, This Week or All Time? You can!

To see your Pomodoro stats just click the Pomodoro settings ••• to the right of your timer. To switch between viewing Today, This Week and All Time stats, click the top section of the Completed menu.

Autoplay

The Autoplay option in the Pomodoro settings ••• automatically starts the next Focus or Break session when the previous one ends. This saves you from having to manually click Start after each timer ends.

Calm timer

Seeing each second countdown can sometimes be distracting. With the Calm timer option in the Pomodoro settings •••, you can hide the seconds and just see how many minutes are left.

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