Plan pomodoro cycles across a working session and the focus time they deliver.
Fitting whole blocks into the session and then filling the remainder gives the realistic pomodoro count. The focus share shows that even a disciplined session spends around a sixth of its time on breaks. The breaks are what make the method sustainable, so treating them as overhead to be minimised defeats the purpose.
Pomodoro Cycles
A block is intervals plus short breaks plus one long break; fit whole blocks into the session
A block is intervals plus short breaks plus one long break; fit whole blocks into the session Fitting whole blocks into the session and then filling the remainder gives the realistic pomodoro count. The focus share shows that even a disciplined session spends around a sixth of its time on breaks.
The breaks are what make the method sustainable, so treating them as overhead to be minimised defeats the purpose.
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Session length, Work interval, Short break, Long break, Work intervals before a long break. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.