# Maintaining momentum between pomodoros

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/maintaining-momentum-between-pomodoros/10262>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/maintaining-momentum-between-pomodoros/10262 "2022-04-01T17:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![halfplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@halfplane](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/halfplane)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/maintaining-momentum-between-pomodoros/10262/6 "2022-04-03T10:43:17Z")

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I’ve come to the same rough timing as @lmb independently (currently using 45/15 – but because I’m doing “work cycles” the 15 includes deciding what to do the next cycle, which takes a few minutes, so really it’s identical to 50/10!).

I do let myself work through the 15m boundary sometimes, but it sounds like you need to take it to the opposite extreme of sticking to it rigidly.

This has a tiny bit more structure and may help: ["Work cycles" - #4 by halfplane](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/work-cycles/5431/4)

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