I use pomodoros religiously, and you touched on one of the few gotchas of the technique; Never use your break to attend to other work, unless it's thoughtless.

I use pomodoros religiously, and you touched on one of the few gotchas of the technique; Never use your break to attend to other work, unless it's thoughtless. Can't say how many times I've lost the thread and been kicking myself because of mixed contexts.