focus at work it can be really really difficult and something that apps can help us and help us
to fine-tune our attention into whatever we're working on at hand today i've picked
out five focus applications that i think will be useful for your work day so before we begin we've
just launched a brand new course called the bento methodology course helping you to focus
using our traditional bento methodology which we created and you can check it out the link in
description there's also a companion application which has been growing really popular for iphone
users and ipad users below so obviously there's so many different focus apps on the market the first
one i want to start with is a music one now a lot of people tend not to work with music and some are
actually aren't allowed but i love working with music and i think that instrumental music can
be really beneficial instrumental to your working routine there's an app called endl and it's really
interesting take on the music for productivity because what it does is it uses a variety of
inputs and anything from the weather outside to the circadian rhythm of our daily routines and
how our bodies are working like a resting heart rate etc and it it creates a soundscape for you
that basically is designed suitable for all of those inputs and it's really interesting how
effective it actually is i use on a daily routine when i'm trying to do writing in particular
the deeper focus soundscape which is really nice and for bedtime i use their sleep soundscape which
i really like as well and apparently it only gets better once you've got an apple watch too because
it helps to monitor all of those different uh health markers and improve your soundscape to
that so very cool combination of science and technology right there and it's definitely a
great way to help tune in and really to focus and set yourself a nice timer there the second app i
want to mention is forest now forest has been on the market for some time and many of you probably
know it already it essentially is an app for iphone and i android they're basically when
you start a forest you start growing a forest and it'll set a timer for it and if you interrupt that
process go on to another app take a call basically what it will do is it will kill that tree uh it's
essentially helping you to stop using your phone during work so if that's something that you're
quite persistent on and something that always uh tends to distract you then using forest is a great
way to do that because you you build a forest each time and the goal is to build that healthy habit
and have a really bustling forest with lots of trees and greenery so i'd recommend checking it
out and it's over low price as well too number three is balance now obviously one element of
focus in your day is having that that marathon not a sprint approach and the best way to do that is
to be a bit more mindful and look at how you're spending your breaks balance is a great app for
that it's available on android and i iphone as well but basically what it does is it helps you
do short meditations i believe the first year is actually free i got that when the pandemic started
and it was it's been fantastic but they do things like the midday reset and um other smaller five
minutes sessions and the guy who does the voice of sufu afusu sorry um his voice is really relaxing
and very compelling i've got a voice crush on him clearly and i think their little micro meditations
are really nice a nice addition to your day and taking that marathon on the sprint approach number
four is freedom now this is something to install over on your laptop and is an app that helps to
block websites if you're someone that is writing or doing a bit of research or thesis or something
that takes you offline to really focus then the best way to distract yourself not distract
yourself is to take yourself away from those temptations and freedom actually blocks sites that
you set for a set period of time locking yourself out of them and it's a really cool addition to
your mac or um your other devices as well number five is session now the pomodoro technique is a
really effective one 25 minute time of the five minute break and you can do up to four cycles of
that but there's an app that really optimizes it and looks stunning it's called session and
it's great uh independently developed application um essentially helping you create little timers
and to start making notes as you go through as well on how well your sessions did but the real
benefit if you go on the pro plan is the analytics that they produced it's really impressive you
can see reports of how productive you were over a period and you can feedback yourself as well like
were you focused during those sessions and learn as you go from those analytics so highly recommend
session a really beautifully designed application in my opinion so that was all of the five apps
for focusing obviously taking yourself away from apps is sometimes a good and effective way to
uh focus so that's also an alternative obviously apps aren't the answer to everything even though
we have a channel based on reviewing apps but i want to give you the best advice um
some of the best and most uh sort of focused times i do is is when i take myself away
with um a pen and paper or with my remarkable and just separate myself from proper technology
that is connected to the internet and take myself away and don't give myself that optionality anyway
folks um the bento methodology course is available below it's been an absolute pleasure and feel free
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in the comments any apps that you find useful below too i'll see you in a future video cheerio
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