EyeLeo

So for the last couple of months I have been doing a lot if reading on how to get the most out of yourself when trying to get work done, one of the things I read is that it is essential to take breaks, that they will actually help you be more productive because distracting yourself for a few minutes and thinking about something else will help you brain be able to refocus. I actually find this a very difficult thing to do, it's just one of those things that I forget to do. So I found this app called EyeLeo that I installed on my laptop at work. Every 15 minutes a little cat pops upon my screen over everything and for 10 seconds tells me to roll my eyes, look out a window (if I had one) or shut my eyes really tight just to give my eyes a break from looking at my screen. Then once an hour my screen goes dark and the cat appears and I can't do anything on my machine for 5 minutes. Now there is an option to be able to delay or cancel the cat from appearing but I found that when I had that option enabled I would never actually use the 5 minutes for a break. So I put the program in strict mode which means once it goes dark I can't do anything on the machine for 5 minutes so I'm forced todo something else. Usually I will either meditate or get up and go talk to coworkers, but if I'm at home I've been known to play a song or 2 on guitar hero during my break.