10 Minute Timer
Set for 10 minutes. Press start — it rings when the time is up.
Free from Ticka — the reminder app that rings like an alarm, even on silent. Close this tab and the timer stops. On your phone, Ticka rings even on silent. App Store → Google Play → App Store → Google Play →
This timer runs while the tab is open. If you need it to go off when your phone is in your pocket — that part needs the app.
Why the start is harder than the middle
Ten minutes is short enough that starting costs nothing. You don’t have to decide whether you have the energy for the whole task — you only have to agree to ten minutes of it.
That’s the whole trick. Most of the resistance sits at the beginning, not in the middle. Once the timer is running, the decision is already made, and stopping takes more effort than continuing.
If you get to the end and want to stop — stop. The ten minutes still happened, and the task is ten minutes smaller than it was.