Three minutes. Let it steep.
Long enough for a cup of tea, a stretch or a few sentences out loud.
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Make time for yourself
Three minutes sits nicely between a pause and a task. It is enough to make something, move a little, or rehearse a few sentences out loud.
Three minutes is a common steeping time for tea, so set the timer as the kettle clicks off. Use the same three minutes to stretch your neck, back and wrists after a long spell at the desk, or to step outside and look at something far away. When the timer ends, you have a cup ready and a clearer head.
Three minutes is a useful length for spoken practice. Answer an interview question, explain a topic from your notes as if you were teaching it, or run through one section of a presentation. If you stop early, note what you could not say; that is the part to revise next. Record yourself on your phone if it helps, and listen back during the next three minutes.
Turn on the gentle completion chime if you will be away from the screen. Choose Still scene if you would rather nothing moved, and use the dark or light theme to suit the room. If you are waiting in the kitchen, Keep screen on stops the display dimming, where your browser supports it. A little soft rain or fireplace in the background makes the three minutes feel like a pause rather than a wait.
The countdown keeps correct time in a background tab. If you turn on the completion chime, it plays at the end, though a sleeping device may delay or silence it.
Yes. When the countdown ends, use the new-timer button to set another three minutes. If you want a repeating rhythm, open Custom and choose three-minute focus phases with short breaks between them.
Yes. Open Custom and enter any whole number of minutes from 1 to 180.
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