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Run a focus session and log your time

The Focus tab is a timer that keeps score. Each session is credited to a life area, and the heatmap and the Areas tab add it all up. In this guide you run a 25-minute session on a task, log time you forgot to time, and read the history.

Updated September 2026 · Eisenhour 1.0.3 · 5 steps · screenshots show an invented person

  1. Open the Focus tab

    The timer starts at 25:00 and says Ready. Under it are a task picker, the lengths 10m, 25m, 60m and Custom, an Area drop-down and the Start focus button. Further down, Log time you already spent and your heatmap wait for later.

    The Focus tab: a 25:00 timer marked Ready, a Pick a task, or leave blank drop-down, the lengths 10m, 25m, 60m and Custom, an Area drop-down and a Start focus button. Below are Log time you already spent and a heatmap of the last year with 75h focused.

  2. Choose a task, or none

    Tap Pick a task, or leave blank. The list starts with No task, just the area, then your open tasks. Pick a task and its life area gets the credit. Choose No task, just the area if you would rather pick the area yourself.

    The task list open over the Focus tab: No task, just the area, then Call the dentist back, Finish the quarterly report, Renew my passport, 1:1 with Maya, Date night, Gym: push day and Kids: science fair project.

  3. Start focus

    Tap Start focus. The timer counts down (24:56 here), and under it you see the area the session is credited to, Work, and the task. Pause holds the timer. Finish ends the session early and logs the minutes so far. Discard session throws it away and logs nothing.

    The Focus tab with the timer running at 24:56 and marked Focusing. Under it are the area Work, the task Finish the quarterly report, the buttons Finish and Pause, and Discard session.

  4. Log time you forgot to time

    Forgot to start the timer? Tap Log time you already spent. Choose a life area, choose 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes, or Custom, and tap Log. The area gets the credit, and targets and streaks update on their own.

    The Log time sheet. It says Give an area credit for time already spent, shows the life area Work, the durations 15m, 30m, 45m, 60m, 90m and Custom with 30m chosen, and a Log 30m button.

  5. Read the history

    Scroll down the Focus tab. The heatmap shows a year of focused days and the total, 75h here. The full year is Pro; the free version shows the last four weeks. Today lists the minutes by area.

    Performance (Pro) shows the hours and sessions by area for a range such as the last 7 days.

    The lower half of the Focus tab: a heatmap of the last year with 75h focused, Today at 50m split between Work and Health, and a Performance card for the last 7 days showing 6h 40m over 10 sessions, with Work 4h 10m, Health 2h 5m and Study 25m.