We are excited to announce our first integration with another productivity app: Beeminder! Beeminder gives you an extra layer of accountability or, as the folks at Beeminder like to say, “reminders with a sting.” Have you ever had one of those days where you really wanted to be productive but just couldn’t muster up the […]
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Do you ever feel like you have so many things to do but not enough time to get it done? Or, maybe you do have the time, but it’s a struggle just to get started? Focusmate gets you.That’s why our platform gives you the option to use the Pomodoro Technique to help you get into
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A way to work with the time you have even when you’re busy If you’re reading this, you may already know first-hand how the magic of Focusmate takes 50 minutes of your day and turns it into real, visible progress on your goals. But let’s face it—you don’t always have a full hour, you may
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The ancient Greeks liked to picture hell as one guy pushing a heavy boulder up a long hill forever, never achieving anything. I’m a single mom, and in the middle of a global pandemic with bills to pay and a job to do with no child care, work was starting to feel like that Sisyphean
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When you hear the term body double it likely makes you think of a burly stunt double standing in for a James Bond actor as he leaps from building to building. But, as it turns out, having a “double” of your own could be just as helpful for mundane (yet equally difficult) tasks like paying
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You’re checking up on your favorite chonky cat on TikTok for the fourth time today when you’re hit with a sudden realization: It’s time to get real about finding an accountability buddy. These problem sets are not going to do themselves! What is an accountability buddy? Also known as an accountability partner or a habits
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We want people of every gender to feel welcome on Focusmate. While the Focusmate community is an exceptionally safe and supportive one, the broader Internet (and world) is not. Oftentimes, women receive unwanted attention from men, and trans and gender diverse people experience harassment and violence. Many Focusmate community members, especially women, said that they
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It was my first time using Focusmate, and I saw the chance to work on a project I’d been putting off for ages—my novel. For years I’ve guiltily placed this passion project to the side because of life’s obligations—work, family, friends. Before I knew it, six years had gone by. Five minutes before the session,
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Despite our best efforts at self-improvement most of us find ourselves on unplanned mental wanderings at least a few times a day, and wondering where the time went. In this piece we’ll discuss eight strategies proven by science on how to get focused and eliminate procrastination. If you implement even one of these on a regular basis,
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Is impulsive procrastination a means of survival, a cardinal sin or a sign of creativity?
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