{"id":945,"date":"2018-04-15T22:25:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T21:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/?p=945"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:04:47","slug":"productivity-challenge-timer-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moononastick.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/productivity-challenge-timer-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Productivity Challenge Timer achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For several years now I’ve been using the Pomodoro technique<\/a>\u00a0as a way to battle procrastination and increase my productivity. There’s no shortage of apps designed to help with this, but without doubt my favourite one is Productivity Challenge Timer<\/a> for Android. It does everything I could want from a Pomodoro app, plus has a bit of a sense of humour to it.<\/p>\n

There are a bunch of fun achievements and ranks to work towards, but I couldn’t find a single list describing them all. So I made one.<\/p>\n

Achievements<\/h2>\n
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What does this button do?<\/dt>\n
You figured out how to start and then cancel a pomodoro. The most achieved achievement.<\/dd>\n
Well, that was fun<\/dt>\n
Earned for finishing a pomodoro for the first time. Hopefully the first of many victories over laziness<\/dd>\n
One foot off the couch<\/dt>\n
You worked for at least two hours in one day using the Pomodoro technique<\/dd>\n
Now repeat that 8000 times<\/dt>\n
Earned for working for at least four hours in one day using the Pomodoro technique, which is respectable for an average day at the office.<\/dd>\n
Night Owl<\/dt>\n
Awarded for working between 11pm and 5am for at least twenty hours total.<\/dd>\n
A minor setback<\/dt>\n
Earned for completing a work session after a break longer than 4 days. Note<\/strong>: there are no other achievements for attempted quitting.<\/em><\/dd>\n
Opus interruptus<\/dt>\n
You voided or canceled at least ten partially completed work sessions. It was those damn kids, wasn’t it? Note<\/strong>: there are no other achievements for canceled\/voided work sessions.<\/em><\/dd>\n
Ten<\/dt>\n
Earned for completing ten work sessions. Did you know ten is a round number because humans have ten fingers?<\/dd>\n
Good conduct<\/dt>\n
Earned for going more than seven days without losing a rank.<\/dd>\n
Exemplary conduct<\/dt>\n
Earned for avoiding a demotion for more than two weeks, either by working hard or, much more likely, by being consistently lazy.<\/dd>\n
Through the roof<\/dt>\n
You worked so much that I ran out of ranks to give you. I think it\u2019s safe to say that you conquered the working hard part. Now your challenges lie elsewhere.<\/dd>\n
The early worm<\/dt>\n
Awarded for working between 5am and 9am for at least 20 hours total.<\/dd>\n
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Hard Limit<\/dt>\n
Earned for completing a maximum duration (180-minute) session.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n
Harder than it sounds<\/dt>\n
Earned for working a solid six hours in one day. You know my developer has never done that? Not even once. I guess that’s why it takes him months to update me.<\/dd>\n
Enough for today?<\/dt>\n
Earned for working for a total of eight hours in one day! Wow! I didn’t even know I could add up so much time.<\/dd>\n
The next Big Thing<\/dt>\n
You have worked for a total of ten hours on a project. That macaroni necklace was a work of art.<\/dd>\n
Fully committed<\/dt>\n
You have worked for a total of 40 hours on a project. I remember when I was 40 hours old, I didn’t even have a database. Hey, were you making a productivity app? I hope not, that would break my heart.<\/dd>\n
Focus on everything?<\/dt>\n
Today you worked on three projects for at least an hour each. Looks like you have learned how to dabble, now you need to learn how to focus.<\/dd>\n
And on the seventh day\u2026<\/dt>\n
You worked for at least two hours every day in the last seven days. Did you know you broke one of the Ten Commandments by doing that? Note<\/strong>: there are no achievements for breaking any of the other commandments.<\/em><\/dd>\n
Burning the Midnight Oil<\/dt>\n
You worked right through midnight at least five times. I sincerely hope you won’t do it on New Year’s Eve.<\/dd>\n
Sergeant Sisyphus<\/dt>\n
Earned for regaining a rank you had previously earned and then subsequently lost. It’s a never-ending struggle, but so is life, man, so is life\u2026<\/dd>\n
Got no time for fireworks<\/dt>\n
I can’t decide whether it’s impressive or worrying, but it seems you’ve worked right through midnight on New Year’s Eve. I do know my developer would love to know that his work on making this achievement wasn’t in vain.<\/dd>\n
Incline<\/dt>\n
Earned that time you kept increasing your performance day after day. I was really proud of you there for a while.<\/dd>\n
Decline<\/dt>\n
Earned for when you started slipping and I got worried you were giving up on me.<\/dd>\n
Hands Off<\/dt>\n
Earned for completing more than two hours worth of work sessions in uninterrupted continuous mode. I’ve always felt that human agency is overrated.<\/dd>\n
10000000<\/dt>\n
Earned for completing a hundred and twenty eight work sessions. Did you know 128 is a round number because computers have two fingers?<\/dd>\n
Thousand<\/dt>\n
Earned for completing a thousand work sessions. I\u2019m beginning to sweat a bit when calculating your stats.<\/dd>\n
Magnum opus<\/dt>\n
Earned for working a total of two hundred hours on a project. Whatever it is, I own half of it as per terms & conditions that\u2026 that I forgot to show you. Never mind. (Note: this only showed up for me after visiting the “Projects” screen.)<\/em><\/dd>\n
Cobwebs<\/dt>\n
Awarded for going back to an old project after 90 days of not working on it.<\/dd>\n
The Crunch<\/dt>\n
Awarded for working 24 hours in a 2 day period.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Ranks<\/h2>\n