In Lifeline, you can launch a timed session in several ways:

• Right-click the taskbar icon.
• Left-click to open the taskbar menu and select Launch session.
• Use the Start/Stop session shortcut ⌃ + ⌥ + s (control + option + S). More info on shortcuts in Controls.
• By right-clicking a future event on your Lifeline and selecting Start.

You're in a session when a play icon shows up in the taskbar arc.

Once you start a session, Lifeline zooms in from the default 24-hour view of your day to the next 25 minutes (the length of one pomodoro 🍅). This helps you visualize the remaining length of your session and is a great way to boost your focus and productivity.

💡 Pro tip: Left-click the taskbar menu icon to see the elapsed time in your current session (in brackets next to End session at the top). You can also hover over your Lifeline so it expands and shows clock time at regular intervals.

🛑 Stopping a session

Ways to stop a session:

• Right-click the taskbar icon.
• Left-click the taskbar icon to open the taskbar menu and select End session.
• Jump straight into a break by either:
  • Opening the taskbar menu and selecting Launch break.
  • Using the Start/stop break shortcut ⌃ + ⌥ + b.
• Use the Start/Stop session shortcut ⌃ + ⌥ + s.
• Once you're finished, leave your computer. Lifeline will automatically consider you idle after two minutes of inactivity. When you return, you can choose whether to end your session at the moment you left your computer or to continue your session.

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