Sea Train

Ride a little two-car railcar across a shallow, glassy sea. The track runs just under the water, islands drift past, and small halts stand on the sea, each with a shelter, a bench and a vending machine. There is nowhere you have to be. Pick a service in your notebook or on the cab's destination blind: 25 or 50 minutes of focus, or minutes of your own. The run between halts becomes your focus time and each halt becomes a break: the doors open, you can step out into the sea breeze, and the train waits for you. Every halt where you rest stamps your ride log. Focus 25: a 5-minute break, and a 15-minute long break after every fourth run. Focus 50: a 10-minute break. Custom: 5 to 120 minutes of focus, 1 to 30 of rest. A bell rings as the break ends, and can ring again every 3 or 5 minutes if you like. Switch between 25, 50 and custom mid-run and the focus time so far carries on. Ten halts out on the sea, each with a stamp of its own. Sit by a window in the box seats, or at the desk with your notebook. Write today's to-dos in the Tab notebook and strike them through in pencil.…