[notes] Experimenting with Pomodoro Timer Durations

It’s only taken me over a decade to getting around to realizing this was not only an option but a good idea. Assumed audience: People familiar with at least some of the “getting things done” world, particularly the use of focused work blocks and the pomodoro technique. I have used a pomodoro timer to help me stay focused on work off and on for well over a decade now. It was a key part of how I managed to get through working close to full time (sometimes more than full time) while also taking a heavy course load back in the seminary years, and it has remained a key tool in my toolbox for being effective with my working time ever since. For all that time, I have stuck quite consistently to the classic 25-minute timer duration. It is the default on every app I have ever used,1 and it is the recommendation of every write-up I have ever seen on it. Some of them, like the one I linked above, point out that you don’t have to stick with 25 minute blocks. And of course, 25 minutes is a fairly…