A work-from-home routine built around breaks, not hours
A work from home routine that treats breaks as the skeleton of the day — real edges, breaks that actually restore, and an ending you choose.
Breaks 🐾
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Why skipping breaks makes ADHD focus worse, not better
Skipping breaks does not bank extra ADHD focus — it borrows from the next session. Why a real break needs content, not just an absence of work.
Hyperfocus: when the problem is stopping, not starting
ADHD hyperfocus is focus without brakes — missed meals, lost hours. Why a bell that ends sessions matters as much as the one that starts them.
Finding real focus blocks between meetings
Forty minutes between meetings is too short for deep work and too long to waste. One pomodoro fits that gap exactly — here is how to defend it.
Exam prep with a companion who keeps the schedule
Revision is a long campaign where pace beats intensity. How pomodoro sessions and a companion who expects the routine keep exam prep steady for weeks.
Five-minute office fun: quick resets between meetings
Short, specific ways to spend the five minutes between meetings so they actually recover your attention, backed by what the break research says works.
Office hours, virtual pet: making work breaks worth taking
Why the short break between meetings is the one most people skip — and what a virtual pet changes about actually taking it during office hours.