Why the block ends whether or not you feel like stopping
The point of a fixed block is that it removes a decision. You do not have to judge whether you are "done enough" for a break, because the block decides for you. That is also why a five-minute break beats a vague one: it has an ending built into it, so it does not quietly become forty minutes.
If you want the reasoning behind the short break, it is in Why a five-minute break can rescue a bad study session — the short version is that scrolling your phone is not a break, because it leaves your attention still pointed at the thing you were doing.
How to use it
- Leave the tab open. The countdown uses timestamps rather than counting ticks, so it stays accurate even if the browser throttles background timers.
- Use skip when a block ends early — a task finishes, or you are interrupted and want to start the next block clean.
- Reset restarts the current block from the beginning without changing how many you have completed.
Take a real break
One round of a puzzle takes two to five minutes and ends on its own — which is exactly what a break needs.
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