[jawon]

I do something similar to Flowtime but without the bookkeeping: Orodomops.

Set a stopwatch going but out of sight. When you run out of steam check it. If it’s been less than 25 minutes keep going. If greater, have a break scaled to the time you worked.

I started doing this because I couldn’t get on board with breaking up the work I enjoyed doing, but I recognized the utility of having breaks when that wasn’t the case.

[g0ld2k]

This is very similar to my flow. I start a 25 minute timer, and work for at least that amount of time, if I get interrupted during that first 25 minutes I count that as an interruption (which I tally). From there I count the number of 25 minute blocks I work, which include any rolling timers (25 minute blocks after the first 25 minutes).

I did this on paper for a few months and eventually turned it into an app called Contadino for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and visionOS (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/contadino/id1672167389).

[vavooom]

Yes I use a similar method with Flowtime myself. Helps to track my study time and benchmark how many hours certain classes I am taking for grad school actually consume.

[dinkleberg]

That sounds like a very sensible approach, I’ll have to give it a try.