

Take a short 5-minute break from the task.When the timer stops, pause the task and place a checkmark on a piece of paper to indicate you’ve completed one Pomodoro cycle.Work continuously until the timer stops.Set a timer to 25 minutes and plan on spending uninterrupted time working on the task.Choose the assignment, task, or work project you want to complete.“Pomodoro” is the Italian word for tomato, representing Cirillo’s tomato shape to implement his technique. Backgroundįrancesco Cirillo invented the Pomodoro Technique in the late 1980s. It is like time blocking, only it uses a timer to indicate short or longer breaks during a task. The Pomodoro Technique is a straightforward six-step method for creating focused time.
