ADHD Pomodoro Timer

Many people with ADHD describe time as slippery — hard to feel passing, easy to lose. A pomodoro timer can help by putting time somewhere you can see it: the round has a clear start, a shrinking countdown in the tab title, and a definite end. When the length of a task is visible rather than vague, starting it tends to feel less daunting.

This is not a medical tool or a fix — it is a bit of external structure. A lot of people with ADHD find that a visible, ticking-down clock does the time-tracking their brain would rather not, freeing attention for the actual work.

1. Shrink the task. Pick one small, concrete thing for the round — "read two pages", not "study". A round with a clear target is easier to begin.
2. Start short. A full 25 minutes can feel like a wall on a hard day. Set a custom 10 or 15-minute round instead; you can always start another.
3. Let the chime carry you out. A soft chime — not a jarring alarm — marks the break, so you can stop at a natural point instead of hyperfocusing past exhaustion.
4. Keep the music steady. Instrumental lofi gives restless attention something low-stakes to rest on without the pull of lyrics.

Body doubling — working alongside someone else — is a strategy many people with ADHD find helpful for starting and staying on task. You do not need another person on a call for it: a study-with-me session gives you a running timer, lofi from the Lofi Cat radio, and the felt sense that a session has already begun, so you begin too.

Keep the page in zen mode on a second screen and it becomes a quiet co-working corner: the countdown, the music, and a gentle nudge back to the task each time the break ends.