Re: Workrave and similar programs

Hi there,

Anyone else share their experiences with Workrave? How often do you take
breaks moving away from the PC?

Thanks,
Ilian

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Ilian Andreev <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Kees Jan,
>
> Thank you for the extensive reply. Why have you set it interrupt you every
> 2.5 minutes? I've set it that way to 1 or 1.5 hour so that I can stand away
> from the PC and do a little break or walk away from the PC. I know the
> problem is really within my psychic and otherwise it's a helpful tool.
>
> So once again why have you set it interrupt you every 2.5 minutes?
>
> I'd be very happy for others to share their experiences as well !!!
>
> Thank you very much !!!
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Kees-Jan Dijkzeul <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ilian,
>>
>> If workrave interrupts you once every hour, you should consider yourself
>> very lucky. For me, it interrupts me once every 2.5 minutes :-) And yes,
>> I use it all the time (though I sometimes choose to ignore it :-)
>>
>> I think it is important to somehow have the feeling that you, yourself
>> are in control, instead of workrave. If you feel like being trapped by a
>> tool telling you things, you're probably not going to be very happy
>> about it.
>>
>> Instead of feeling like workrave is telling you to do things, you could
>> also consider workrave's intrusions as friendly advice or well-meant
>> recommendations. After all, you, yourself have asked workrave to
>> interrupt you, presumably because it is for your own good.
>>
>> If you find it hard to delude (for lack of a better term) yourself this
>> way, you could change workraves settings to be less restrictive: show
>> skip/postpone buttons and/or don't block you from continuing to work
>> when workrave prompts you to break. That should help relieve the feeling
>> of being trapped a little.
>>
>> Best of luck,
>>
>> Groetjes,
>>
>> Kees-Jan
>>
>>
>>
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