That’s much better than chugging half a gallon whenever you get off your desk. Besides, you should drink water in small amounts often to keep your body hydrated. In fact, it increases productivity and breaks the monotony among many other things. That said, breaks do not necessarily mean that you’ll fall behind on your deadlines. Staring at screens all day long or staying hunched over your desk without utilizing breaks takes a toll both physically and mentally. The extension also lets you continue to the Calm website for more mindfulness sessions, once you are done with the exercises. So when you accidentally open one of the blocked sites from the list, a giant bubble will take over the screen reminding you to breathe deeply. The list of blocked websites is fully customizable, so is the exercise time. It has a list of potential websites that you are most likely to open And guess what it does? It replaces them with a minute-long deep breathing exercise. It has a list of potential websites such as Facebook, Amazon, YouTube, that you are most likely to open. But if you must, let Calm take over.Ĭalm brings both productivity and the importance of mindfulness. First of all, you shouldn’t be staring at the screen during your break time. If you are someone, who utilizes their break time in mindlessly browsing through social media sites, Calm is the perfect extension for you. The thing that I loved about Healthy Browsing is that it gives little messages along with the reminders, that bring a sense of personalization. There isn’t much in the settings window apart from the option to turn audio notifications on. It beautifully includes elements such as blinking and posture.Īnd needless to say, you can set individual timings for all the four types of activities. Healthy Browsing is the perfect combination of the above three extensions. It automatically starts when Chrome restarts so you don’t have to fiddle with it all over again.ĭownload Stay Hydrated 4. It has a rather cool UI and displays the time left until the next reminder.Īll you have to do is set the timer, choose the notification tone, and enter a custom notification message. Unlike Water Reminder, Stay Hydrated isn’t bare-bones. On the bright side, there are a few customization settings like choosing the alarm tone, notification type, and more. It’s a reminder system in the strictest sense. No need to set timer manually in this one.
The extension will only remind you from time to time with a little notification. Just enter the time in minutes, and the countdown will start automatically. Water Reminderĭo you often forget to drink water during office hours? Water Reminder is a simple extension which does a pretty good job of prompting you to take a sip of water at a regular interval. That might be good if you have a low tolerance towards pop-up messages.Īlso, if the work at hand is important, you can either snooze the reminder or start the timer over.ĭownload Take a Break Reminder 2. The silly part about this extension is that you will have to start the timer again. The extension follows the system clock and rings the bell along with a notification at the bottom of the screen. Enter the work duration (in minutes) followed by the break time (in minutes) and hit save. All you have to do is enable the extension and tap on Settings. It has a simple UI that is easy to set up. It also ‘reminds’ you when your break is over. Take a Break Reminder is a nifty little Chrome extension that does a pretty good job of reminding you to take a break. So, if you are someone like me who often forgets to take breaks, here are five Chrome extensions that will remind you to do that.
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