Work Life Buddy – Pomodor

🌿 Work-life Buddy: Your Friendly Companion for Balance, Health, and Productivity

Hello there! 👋 If you’ve ever spent long hours sitting in front of your computer, you already know how easy it is to forget the basics: drinking enough water, taking a stretch, pausing to breathe, or even remembering that life is more than back-to-back deadlines. That’s exactly why Work-life Buddy was born.

This isn’t just another productivity tool. It’s not a strict manager that yells at you to work harder. Instead, it’s more like a gentle friend who sits next to you, nudges you kindly when you’ve been working for hours without a break, reminds you to sip some water, encourages you to stretch, and even asks how you’re feeling today. Think of it as a cheerful little companion on your computer screen, keeping you on track while making sure you don’t burn out.

✨ Why Work-life Buddy?

For years, office workers, freelancers, and students have all shared a common struggle: staying healthy and balanced while being productive. We’ve all been there — staring at a glowing screen for 8+ hours, fueled by caffeine and deadlines, realizing only at night that we barely moved our bodies or drank enough water. The result? Neck pain, back pain, constant fatigue, and that overwhelming sense of burnout.

Work-life Buddy was built out of real experience. I went through years of office life, collecting unwanted “trophies” like neck pain, lower back issues, and endless stress. Instead of giving up, they turned these challenges into inspiration and built a buddy that could help people like you and me find balance.

Work-life Buddy will keep you hydrated, moving, focused, and aware of how you feel throughout the day. Calm nudges, one-tap mood logging, and clear trends help you protect your well-being at work.

✨ Why you’ll love it

• Water reminders you can set to your rhythm
• Stretch/stand prompts with quick logs and simple exercises
• Lightweight Pomodoro timer (work / short / long breaks)
• One-tap mood logging (Very Happy → Very Sad)
• Clean charts: Week (daily), Month/Quarter (weekly averages)
• Minimal, friendly UI that gets out of your way

🚀 Features

• Reminders with adjustable intervals, quiet hours, and easy pause
• Pomodoro session counter, optional auto-start, notifications
• Mood tracker with auto-fallback to a period that has data
• Simple analytics: streaks and weekly progress
• Light/Dark theme; English & Vietnamese

🔒 Privacy & data

• Privacy-first: data stays in Chrome storage on your device
• No accounts, no background tracking, no selling data

🧭 How it works

• Set your water/stretch intervals and goals
• Start a Pomodoro when you need focus
• Log your mood whenever you like
• Open the popup to see your week at a glance—or trends over the month/quarter

🆕 What’s new (v1.1.1)

• Mood chart revamp: Week (daily), Month/Quarter (weekly averages)
• Smoother first-time rendering + auto-fallback to periods with data
• UX polish and reliability improvements

🛠 Permissions

• storage — save settings and logs locally
• notifications — deliver gentle reminders (optional)

💬 Feedback
• Have an idea or found a bug? Use the store’s “Report an issue.” We iterate based on real use.