Logistical decisions about your coworking 

Once you've made those more like core emotional decisions, now and only now, you make logistical decisions.

  • Frequency
  • How long each session will be
  • When (day of the week/time of day) (you want it to be consistent and regular each time)
  • Pomodoro and break lengths


Length of sessions
My coworking sessions were 3 hours long. That's actually the longest I've seen anyone do, and I'm definitely not saying you should do 3 hours. That's just what worked for me and my people.

There were days when it felt long, but it was actually also really nice. Some people really liked it because you could really get in the flow on things.

It will depend on you and your target audience and what's helpful for you and makes sense for your people.

An hour is super valuable for people. 90 minutes is super valuable for people. It really just depends.

For me and my people, three hours was usually perfect. Some days it felt a little long and we ended early.

I would say an hour might be a little short from a strategic perspective because you wanna have minimum 20 minutes for the halftime break/office hours portion, so that's only 20 minutes of work on either side. You really won't be able to get that much done. It won't really be very effective as a coworking session.

So I would say minimum 90 minutes, but that's just my instinct. Again, follow your people and what you think is best. You are the expert in your business and your target audience.


Pomodoro and Break Lengths
The official Pomodoro Technique does 25 minute "poms" and 5 minute breaks, but you can do yours however long or short you want.

I defaulted to 25 minutes at the beginning, but then eventually we kind of naturally landed on like a 40-45 minute pom. 

We would do two poms at the beginning and then a halftime break about 20+ mins, and then two poms at the end.