Start a focus session

The focus timer opens full screen at /focus and hides everything else, so the only thing in front of you is one task and a countdown.

Start from a task or on its own

The easiest way in is Start focus on a task, for example on the Top 3 today card. That links the session to the task, and the timer can start from the task’s remaining estimate. You can also open /focus directly when you just want a timer.

One block or Pomodoro

Mode	What it does	Defaults and limits
One block	A single countdown	25 minutes, or the task’s remaining estimate, up to 180 minutes
Pomodoro	Work rounds with a break after each	Work 25 minutes (1–180), break 5 minutes (1–60), 1–12 rounds

There is no long break after several rounds. If you want one, end the session and start a new one later.

Pick One block when you already know roughly how long the task takes. Pick Pomodoro when the task feels big and you want permission to stop every 25 minutes.

Shrink the start

Under Right now, just this: type the first physical action, such as “open the draft and read the last paragraph”. It stays on screen while the timer runs, so you never stare at a blank task wondering where to begin.

During the session

• Pause and Resume stop the clock without ending the session.
• +5 min adds five minutes when you’re nearly there.
• Stray thought? Park it in the inbox. Type the thought and choose Park it. It goes to your Inbox for later, and you stay in the session.
• On a Pomodoro break, the screen says Break. Stand up, stretch, drink water.
• I’m done ends the session early, with no penalty.

What gets counted

Only the minutes you actually worked count. Pauses and breaks are left out. At the end you see You focused for and the time, plus the rounds you finished. When the session is linked to a task, the minutes are added to its tracked time, and the task shows Estimate … · spent ….

Note

There is no separate focus statistics page yet. To see your week, open Insights and look at Estimated and actual time.