Breakwise: Wellness Reminders

Custom reminders to rest your eyes, stretch, drink water, and take healthy breaks while you work.

Breakwise reminds you to take healthy breaks while you work: rest your eyes, stretch, drink water, take a short walk, or anything else you choose. FEATURES - Create any number of custom reminders: what you're doing, what to do, and how often (1 minute to 24 hours) - Quick-start suggestions: eye break, stretch, short walk, drink water - Sound alerts: a gentle sound plays when a reminder is due, so you don't miss a break even when you're focused on another window - Completion sound: mark a task as complete and hear a short, satisfying sound - Optional activity timer with a calm countdown break window - Desktop notifications with Start break and Snooze buttons - Active days and hours per reminder, plus global quiet hours - Pause one reminder or all of them at once - Light and dark mode - Keeps working with the popup closed and after browser restarts GETTING STARTED 1. Install Breakwise and pin it to your toolbar (click the puzzle icon, then the pin next to Breakwise). 2. Open Breakwise and create your first reminder, or pick a quick-start suggestion. 3. Make sure Google Chrome notifications are on: Chrome menu > Settings > Privacy and security > Site settings > Notifications. 4. Make sure your system notifications are on and Do Not Disturb is off: • Windows: Settings > System > Notifications. Turn Notifications on and turn Do not disturb off. • Mac: System Settings > Focus. Turn Do Not Disturb (and any other Focus mode) off. 5. Give Google Chrome notification permission in your system settings: • Windows: Settings > System > Notifications. Make sure Google Chrome is turned on in the app list. • Mac: System Settings > Notifications > Google Chrome. Turn on Allow notifications and set the style to Alerts so reminders stay on screen. 6. To hear alert and completion sounds, make sure your computer's volume is on and not muted. If reminders aren't showing up, check steps 3 to 5 first. A blocked system setting is the most common cause. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no server, no tracking. Breakwise stores everything locally in your browser, never reads the websites you visit, and makes no network requests.