Help me set up and customise the Pomodoro Technique for my work style.
Work type: [WRITING / CODING / DESIGN / ADMIN / MEETINGS-HEAVY / VARIED]
Attention span: [SHORT / MODERATE / DEPENDS ON THE TASK]
Previous experience with Pomodoro: [NONE / TRIED AND QUIT / USE SOMETIMES]
Provide:
1. **Pomodoro Basics**: The technique explained in 2 minutes
2. **Custom Intervals**: Finding my optimal work/break ratio (not always 25/5)
3. **Task Sizing**: How to estimate tasks in Pomodoros for better planning
4. **Break Activities**: What to actually DO in breaks (not scroll your phone)
5. **Deep Work Adaptation**: Extended Pomodoros for tasks that need flow state
6. **Meeting Days**: How to use Pomodoro on days full of meetings
7. **Distraction Log**: How to capture interruptions without breaking focus
8. **Tool Recommendations**: Best free Pomodoro apps and timers
9. **Team Pomodoro**: How to use it when you work in an open office or team
10. **Tracking & Optimising**: How to review your Pomodoro data to improve over time
Help me set up and customise the Pomodoro Technique for my work style.
Work type: [WRITING / CODING / DESIGN / ADMIN / MEETINGS-HEAVY / VARIED]
Attention span: [SHORT / MODERATE / DEPENDS ON THE TASK]
Previous experience with Pomodoro: [NONE / TRIED AND QUIT / USE SOMETIMES]
Provide:
1. **Pomodoro Basics**: The technique explained in 2 minutes
2. **Custom Intervals**: Finding my optimal work/break ratio (not always 25/5)
3. **Task Sizing**: How to estimate tasks in Pomodoros for better planning
4. **Break Activities**: What to actually DO in breaks (not scroll your phone)
5. **Deep Work Adaptation**: Extended Pomodoros for tasks that need flow state
6. **Meeting Days**: How to use Pomodoro on days full of meetings
7. **Distraction Log**: How to capture interruptions without breaking focus
8. **Tool Recommendations**: Best free Pomodoro apps and timers
9. **Team Pomodoro**: How to use it when you work in an open office or team
10. **Tracking & Optimising**: How to review your Pomodoro data to improve over time
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