Adaptive Focus Timer
Work until you naturally need a break
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How to Use
- 1Start when you begin working. No presets to choose. Just press start and the timer begins counting up.
- 2Work until you naturally need a break. Don't force a specific duration. Notice when focus fades, then stop.
- 3Take your break. The timer tracks it. When you stop, break timing starts automatically. Resume focus when you're ready.
- 4Review your session history. Over time, patterns emerge: how long you naturally focus, when you need longer breaks, what works for your brain.
Why This Helps ADHD Brains
Traditional timers like Pomodoro assume everyone focuses best in 25-minute blocks. But ADHD attention is variable. Some days you can hyperfocus for two hours, other days 10 minutes feels like a victory. Fixed intervals create a lose-lose: break too early and feel guilty, or push past your limit and burn out.
The Adaptive Timer respects your natural rhythms. Instead of fighting your attention span, you learn from it. The session history reveals your actual patterns, not what productivity advice says you should do, but what actually works for your brain. That data becomes the foundation for sustainable work habits.
When You Can Focus But Don't Know What On
The Adaptive Timer helps you sustain focus once you've started. But starting is often the hardest part, especially when facing a vague task like "work on the project" that your brain can't latch onto.
If you find yourself ready to focus but unsure where to begin, Doable breaks overwhelming tasks into concrete next steps. It even has an embedded timer so you can decompose a task, pick your first step, and start a focus session, all in one place.