[michaelx386]

There's a variation on the Pomodoro technique which has been working well for me. It was recommended by a Pomodoro program I use called Tomate[0] which defaults to a minimum 10 minute timer instead of 25 minutes:

> The rationale is that the hardest part of working is getting at it. Past the first ten minutes, continuing to work is far easier. So you only have to commit to the first ten minutes, your motivation should do the rest.

[0]: https://gitorious.org/tomate/pages/Home