Hello friends and productivity enthusiasts, I hope you're having a lovely day. How much time do we lose in our day-to-day jumping from tab to tab? How many times a day is your workflow interrupted by a notification or do you feel that impulsive need to check your social media? Undoubtedly, these actions greatly affect our productivity and can even make our day go downhill in an infinite feed of irrelevant information and stimuli. This can get even more complicated when our productivity affects other people or a company.
A key to eradicating this problem lies in becoming aware of its effects and educating ourselves, promoting proper and measured use to achieve a work environment that fosters concentration.
In the search for an alternative to manage the sites I access, I came across StayFocusd, an extension that, as its name suggests, is designed to keep us focused on the pages we really need, limiting the amount of time we spend on each tab. This extension is available for both Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. With a quick and easy setup, we'll have everything ready to start using it.
What Does It Offer?
StayFocusd offers us several configuration options that will be useful for anyone, adapting to their needs and ways of working. In just a few clicks, we can set up blocks for an entire site, a specific page within a site, even domains and elements within pages like images, videos, and other elements.
A very interesting option is the Nuclear Option, which allows us to allocate the time we deem convenient for each site, as well as choose which days of the week. This allows us to plan our online time exactly.
To change any type of configuration after it has been established, you will need to go through a small challenge that, although not a very challenging task, will make us think twice before cheating or altering our goals.
In both extension stores, Edge and Chrome, users have left very good reviews of StayFocusd, praising its ability to help you stay focused and avoid procrastinating. Many say it is the best option to stay away from those pages you shouldn't visit when you're at work, or how they manage and distribute time on each web. I encourage you to try it and tell me your results, or if you know of any other option, share it with us.
Recommendation
Without a doubt, after two weeks of using it, I highly recommend it, especially the timer function. It has allowed me to focus on one page at a time and block distractions from social media or the need to check my notifications every moment. The times I thought about deactivating it, the time needed to complete the challenge made me reflect on whether I really wanted to enter a social network or was procrastinating.
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