Desktop-reminder 2 [better] May 2026

“Every 90 minutes, take a 2-minute break to look at something 20 feet away — it reduces eye strain and resets focus.”

You can schedule this with a cron job or task scheduler using a desktop notification command like: desktop-reminder 2

osascript -e 'display notification "Look 20 feet away for 2 minutes" with title "Eye Break"' This is small, actionable, and scientifically backed (prevents digital eye strain). “Every 90 minutes, take a 2-minute break to

notify-send "Eye Break" "Look 20 feet away for 2 minutes" -t 5000 “Every 90 minutes

Here’s a useful piece for desktop-reminder (v2-style usage):