Distraction Blocker
Protect your focus. One session at a time.
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
— William James
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Silence notifications
Put your phone face-down and silence all alerts before you hit Start.
One task only
Write down what you're working on above. One goal per session, nothing else.
Commit to the block
If you feel the urge to check something, note it and do it after the timer ends.
About Focus and Distraction Blocking
Sustained attention is harder now than it used to be and the reason is not a lack of discipline. The environment has been deliberately engineered to interrupt. Every notification, every tab, every unread badge is a pull on your attention that costs more than the second it takes to dismiss it.
Research on attention and task-switching shows that even brief interruptions significantly impair cognitive performance and increase the time needed to re-engage with a difficult task. It takes an average of 23 minutes to fully return to a task after an interruption. That means one phone check mid-session can cost you the rest of it.
A distraction blocker works by removing the decision entirely. You set a time period, commit to one task, and the boundary holds. If you are working with dense material, a text summarizer beforehand can reduce cognitive load and make it easier to stay engaged.
Building Deep Focus Habits
Start with shorter blocks. 25 minutes is a reasonable beginning. Long enough to make progress, short enough that committing to it does not feel like a big deal. Pair it with a Pomodoro timer to structure your breaks and your ability to hold attention will extend naturally over time.
What you get in return is longer stretches of uninterrupted work and substantially more output from the hours you are already spending.