Focus time and the focus timer

Daykite treats focus time as something worth defending. There are two parts: focus blocks on your calendar, and the focus timer that runs while you work.

#Focus blocks

A focus block is an event of type Focus. Create one from Create → Event, then set What are you adding? to Focus — or type straight into the plain-English line: Deep work tomorrow at 9 for 2 hours.

Focus blocks are different from ordinary events:

• They're protected. With Protect focus blocks on in Calendar settings (it is to begin with), an invitation that lands inside one is declined for you. You get a notification — "Declined automatically: Budget sync. It lands in your protected focus time" — and you can still open it and accept.
• They're private by default. Others see Busy only unless you choose otherwise.
• They count as busy. Find a time and your booking page never offer them.
• They show up on Today as hours of focus: "3 meetings, 2h of focus."

Any event can be protected: open it and tick Protect this time — keep meetings out of it.

#The focus timer

Start a session and a small timer floats in the bottom-right corner of every screen while you work.

Start one:

• On the calendar, choose the clock button in the toolbar. It starts a 50-minute Deep work session.
• On a task's page, choose Start focus. The session is tied to the task and counts down its remaining estimate.

While it runs:

• It counts down. Once you pass the planned time it keeps going, shown as +05:12 in amber, so you know you've gone over without being cut off.
• Pause and Resume as often as you need; paused time doesn't count.
• It keeps running if you close the tab — open Daykite again and it's still there.

When you stop:

• Stop ends a plain session.
• Stop & log ends a task session and counts the minutes against the task's estimate. The task's Activity notes the session, and the time left is what the next focus session — or Add to calendar — uses.

Only one session runs at a time. Stop the current one before starting another.

#Example