Having a Pomodoro timer helps you stay focused on a daily basis, it helps you finish more complex tasks in small achievable steps.
Gone are the tedious cycles of procrastination and hours of guilt.
Yes, indeed, who would have thought that a time tracker such as a kitchen egg is not just good for cooking or baking. Instead, you can use it to successfully work on your goals.
In small simple steps every day. So small that the tasks are no longer overwhelming.There are even timers that create a claming and comfortable work atmosphere. Good that there is technology – because you no longer have to use a kitchen timer.
Everytime one of those went off it jump scared the bejesus out of me.
Even though a kitchen egg or a small timer is great to place on your table, there are hundreds of softwares doing the deed – and best of all: many are free and great to use:
Don’t know what the Pomodoro Technique is? Click here to read more about THE productivity method by Francesco Cirillo.
Top 3 Online Pomodoro Timer:
Nr 3: Pomodoro by Francesco Cirillo
Nice to know: The inventor of the Pomodoro technique, Francesco Cirillo, offers a simple online timer with quick and easy functions:
On the first page you can enter the name of the task you want to finish. Then you will be forwarded to this layout where you can start your 25-minute timer by clicking on “Wind up”.
On the tab you will see how much time is left for each session, and you will hear the ticking of a standard kitchen egg in the background. Of course you have the option to silence or adjust the volume of the noises in the settings.
Nr 2: Pomofocus
Another time-management tracker found online is Pomofocus. Adapted to the Francesco Cirillo Pomodoro technique,you can create several tasks at once and also show you the finish time of all your tasks combined. Here you can set a custom time in the settings, as well as change your audio settings and intervalls.
Pomofocus also has the unique feature of giving you a report and ranking option. You can check how productive you’ve been during the day or week and compete with other Promofocus users:
Nr 1: 🚀 Pomodoro Timer
The third website we recommend you to try is this Pomodoro Timer! Like Pomofocus, you can add one or several tasks to your list and adapt the intervals based on your preferred time frame. Compared to Nr 2 and Nr 3 Pomodoro Timer has the unique feature of music playing in the background. If you click on the three lines in the left lower corner you can choose between Lofi, Ambient and Nature sounds as well we trap remixes.
Top 3 Offline Pomodoro Timer:
In some cases we don’t have internet access, like when we choose to have a quick work session in a nearby coffeeshop or opt for a productive morning on the beach. In this case there are many useful time-management software that can help you avoid procrastination and stay on top of your to do list!
Nr 3: Alarm & Clock
Every Windows and IOS device has a standard feature called alarm or clock where you can track time. It might be a bit laborious to always change time from 30minutes to 5 minute and back, but in many devices (if not even all) you can create two timers in adnvance and launch them once the other timer went off.
For example,on my Windows computer I can create two alarms and activate them based on the phase I am in. It might be nothing special, but you don’t have to download any additional software, it can be used without a internet connection and it’s a quick solution for a busy monday afternoon.
Nr 2 Focus-To-Do
Another great app that can be used offline is Focus-To-Do. Focus-To-Do is an app, downloadable on Windows (not sure if you can find it for IOS). The benefit of this app is, that you can create several tasks and projects (and add the tasks to a certain project)
Once you’ve created a task you can start the 25 minute timer (or customized the time in the settings). Once the time is up and you’ve completed the productive phase you can see that a small clock appears next to the tasks. In addition you can see how much time you’ve invested in a task or project.
The app also provides a report overview, where you can see how much time you spent on each project: You can finde the button in the top right corner, right next to the golden crown.
Nr 3: Forest App
The third offline tracker for your pomodoro sessions is forest. It is one of the most popular productivity tools out there and is available for your phone, laptops and tablets, as well as a chrome browser extension.
In the Forest App you can’t note down which specific tasks you’ve completed, but you can set a custom timer. Once the time is over you will earn coins, with which you can unlock unique and special trees for your forest. Also, once you’ve passed the time successfully the selected tree will be added to your forest grounds. If you check your device for too long or too often your tree will die and yes, the dead tree will be added to your “forest” as well. You’ll have to to start again.
Unlocking Trees is a great way to battle procrastination, improve your performance and collect a small reward (a new tree) at the same time!
Thats it!
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