I typically use the Timeout difficulty level for my sessions, which punishes me the more breaks I take. I’d love to see an option to reward myself with a free break (no waiting) after a certain amount of focused time passes.
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Personally, when I use Opal I set the sessions to always on, since the only times I want to use social media is when I make the conscious choice to do so through breaks. I struggle to find the best break time for me. If I select timeout, the waiting before break time eventually reach 120 seconds since I have it on always on. If I select normal, the waiting before break time is a mere 5 seconds so I tend to unconsciously wait the 5 seconds and go on a break, defying the point of the app for me. It’d be nice if you could alter the waiting time for “normal” breaks. Ideally I’d set it to 20 seconds.
I moved your comment here but I think what we can do is reduce the wait time when you spend a certain long time focused (without a break).
It will be like the white list. And you can do intermittent breaks. For example, I get 10 minutes of access to my unproductive apps, or however much I want, for every hour I work on my productive apps. After I complete my goal, say five hours, I get unlimited access for the rest of the day. What do you guys think?
Hey there,
Thanks for requesting this! We’ve had a few similar requests in the past, so I’ve merged your request into an existing thread about the topic. I’ve also passed this suggestion along to our engineers to consider as we continue to upgrade the app. Stay tuned!
All the best,
Team Opal