u/NinjaFlow

Everyone is familiar with gamified productivity & focus timer tools. I downloaded most, experimented with different methods, studied the science behind motivation/goals, and developed a new (and I think better) system. It's not complex, visual, yet lightweight. Most importantly, it's effective & helps you make real progress.

Why this method works:

• It simplifies thinking about "what should I do today" & helps beat procrastination. You clearly see your goal, and the main work/play activities you defined. Just get started on one... 
• Each board is you custom "go-to" plan for that Goal (aka "Core"). You pick "time contributions" that work for you. No guilt tripping. If you like to focus for 30m, and then lounge for 1h, then that's what you pick. No need to overcommit. Stats will improve as you get better.
• Tracking how much Up vs Down time, towards defined Goals, is the simplest measure of success, over time. The 10,000 hour rule exists for a reason. Not 10,000 to-do items.
• Seeing "break/rest" activity timers next to your productive timers, at a glance, makes you more relaxed during focus sessions & gives you "guilt free" breaks. You can pause one timer and start another, then come back. You can also "finish early" any timer, and deposit time already earned.
• You can adjust all Timers/Goals on the fly, change their length, emoji labels, etc. The app makes it easy. It's like 10 timers in 1 - study time tracker, reading tracker, video game tracker, etc.
• You can track a Goal on 1 board, or across multiple boards. You could have a board for each day of the week if you want, all towards that 1 goal. On Monday you can have only 1 focus activity, and on Saturday you can have 6, with different focus + break sessions.
• You can work on Goals and contribute time whenever you have it. No pressure with streaks. If you have 1 hour per day for a goal, or 3 hours per week. You simply time your activity, you bank time Up or Down, and you move on.
• You daily progress easily visualized in a cool Sci-Fi interface, with time particles and orbits and black holes.

Check out Flowton on the App Store or if you're on Android, sign up on flowton.com to get notified. It's free to use indefinitely with no subscriptions or trials.

Happy to hear your feedback on the method, or more specific pointers per app. There are cool new features in the pipeline as well! And thank you for reading.

Everyone is familiar with gamified productivity & focus tracker tools. I downloaded most, experimented with different methods, studied the science behind motivation/goals, and developed a new system. It's not complex, visual, yet lightweight. Most importantly, it's effective & helps you make real progress.

Why this method works:

• It simplifies thinking about "what should I do today" & helps beat procrastination. You clearly see your goal, and the main work/play activities you defined. Just get started on one...
• Each board is you custom "go-to" plan for that Goal (aka "Core"). You pick "time contributions" that work for you. No guilt tripping. If you like to focus for 30m, and then lounge for 1h, then that's what you pick. No need to overcommit. Stats will improve as you get better.
• Tracking how much Up vs Down time, towards defined Goals, is the simplest measure of success, over time. The 10,000 hour rule exists for a reason. Not 10,000 to-do items.
• Seeing "break/rest" activity timers next to your productive timers, at a glance, makes you more relaxed during focus sessions & gives you "guilt free" breaks. You can pause one timer and start another, then come back. You can also "finish early" any timer, and deposit time already earned, no penalties.
• You can adjust all Timers/Goals on the fly, change their length, emoji labels, etc. The app makes it easy.
• You can track a Goal on 1 board, or across multiple boards. You could have a board for each day of the week if you want, all towards that 1 goal. On Monday you can have only 1 focus activity, and on Saturday you can have 6, with different focus + break sessions.
• You can work on Goals and contribute time whenever you have it. No pressure with streaks. If you have 1 hour per day for a goal, or 3 hours per week. You simply time your activity, you bank time Up or Down, and you move on.
• You progress easily visualized in a cool Sci-Fi interface, with time particles and orbits and black holes.

Check out Flowton on the App Store or if you're on Android, sign up on flowton.com to get notified.

Happy to hear your feedback on the method, or if you try the app, on what you think of it. There are cool new features in the pipeline, along with leaderboards, passive "multiplayer", and other.

Hi all,

This is newly launched, and I'd welcome some feedback on how the App Store listing looks, whether it conveys what's different about the app well, if it's clear or not. This is a crowded space, as we all know...

It's an app you can run while you are working on projects, that has game elements without taking you out of your flow. You accumulate time particles, as you spend time on XYZ. Then you send these particles Up into the core, or Down into the black hole, this is can tell you how efficient you really are.

This is built around my top productivity hack, which is to measure time I spend working towards a goal, vs. other leisure activities that are away from the goal. You can map out anything that takes time, see where your time really goes, what the ratio is (key), and where to improve.

We all know we have 1, maybe 2 main things we should be focusing on, and cut down on other things. Measuring time, for both these activity groups, in my experience, this is the only thing that truly moves the needle. Did you spend 4 hours studying yesterday, or only 2? Did you spend 5 hours gaming yesterday, or only 1? Etc.

The app is Free with no subscriptions or trials, fully on-device with no online requirement, & has full Dynamic Island integration. It is infinitely customizable to make the UI look how you want it.

Check out Flowton on the App Store.

For any questions or feedback, I'm here to help 👋

Hi all,

This is a new app you can run while you are working on projects, that has game elements without taking you out of your flow. You accumulate time particles, as you spend time on XYZ. Then you send these particles Up into the core, or Down into the black hole, this is can tell you how efficient you really are.

This is built around my top productivity hack, which is to measure time I spend working towards a goal, vs. other leisure activities that are away from the goal. You can map out anything that takes time, see where your time really goes, what the ratio is (key), and where to improve.

We all know we have 1, maybe 2 main things we should be focusing on, and cut down on other things. Measuring time, for both these activity groups, in my experience, this is the only thing that truly moves the needle. Did you spend 4 hours studying yesterday, or only 2? Did you spend 5 hours gaming yesterday, or only 1? Etc.

Thoughts/feedback on the concept is welcome!

Hi all,

This is a new app you can run while you are working on projects, that has game elements without taking you out of your flow. You accumulate time particles, as you spend time on XYZ. Then you send these particles Up into the core, or Down into the black hole, this is can tell you how efficient you really are.

This is built around my top productivity hack, which is to measure time I spend working towards a goal, vs. time on "leisure" activities that are away from the goal. You can map out anything that takes time, see where your time really goes, what the ratio is (key), and where to improve.

We all know we have 1, maybe 2 main things we should be focusing on, and cut down on other things. Measuring time, for both these activity groups, in my experience, this is the only thing that truly moves the needle. Did you spend 4 hours studying yesterday, or only 2? Did you spend 5 hours gaming yesterday, or only 1? Etc.

The app is Free with no subscriptions or trials, fully on-device with no online requirement, & has full Dynamic Island integration. It is infinitely customizable to make the UI look how you want it.

Check out Flowton on the App Store.

For some fun examples of how to stay productive in absurd places, check out my socials from the flowton.com website.

Any tester feedback is highly appreciated. For any questions, I'm here to help 👋

Hi all,

This is a new app you can run while you are working on projects, that has game elements without taking you out of your flow. You accumulate time particles, as you spend time on XYZ. Then you send these particles Up into the core, or Down into the black hole, this is can tell you how efficient you really are.

This is built around my top productivity hack, which is to measure time I spend working towards a goal, vs. time on "leisure" activities that are away from the goal. You can map out anything that takes time, see where your time really goes, what the ratio is (key), and where to improve.

We all know we have 1, maybe 2 main things we should be focusing on, and cut down on other things. Measuring time, for both these activity groups, in my experience, this is the only thing that truly moves the needle. Did you spend 4 hours studying yesterday, or only 2? Did you spend 5 hours gaming yesterday, or only 1? Etc.

The app is Free with no subscriptions or trials, fully on-device with no online requirement, & has full Dynamic Island integration. It is infinitely customizable to make the UI look how you want it.

Check out Flowton on the App Store.

For some fun examples of how to stay productive in absurd places, check out my socials from the flowton.com website.

Any tester feedback is highly appreciated. For any questions, I'm here to help 👋

An app you can run while you are working on projects, that has game elements without taking you out of your flow. You accumulate time particles, as you spend time on XYZ. Then you send these particles Up into the core, or Down into the black hole, this is can tell you how efficient you really are.

This is built around my top productivity hack, which is to measure time I spend working towards a goal, vs. other leisure activities that are away from the goal. You can map out anything that takes time, see where your time really goes, what the ratio is (key), and where to improve.

We all know we have 1, maybe 2 main things we should be focusing on, and cut down on other things. Measuring time, for both these activity groups, in my experience, this is the only thing that truly moves the needle. Did you spend 4 hours studying yesterday, or only 2? Did you spend 5 hours gaming yesterday, or only 1? Etc.

The app is Free with no subscriptions or trials, fully on-device with no online requirement, & has full Dynamic Island integration. It is infinitely customizable to make the UI look how you want it.

Check out Flowton on the App Store.

For some fun examples of how to stay productive in absurd places, check out my socials from the flowton.com website.

For any questions or feedback, I'm here to help 👋

My top productivity hack is to measure time I spend working towards a goal, vs. other leisure activities I should do less of.

We all know we have 1, maybe 2 main things we should be focusing on, and cut down on other things. Measuring time, for both these activity groups, in my experience, this is the only thing that truly moves the needle. Did you spend 4 hours studying yesterday, or only 2? Did you spend 5 hours gaming yesterday, or only 1? Etc.

I built an app to help me do that, And it might help you too. You can map out anything that takes time, and track them as Up time or Down time, to see where your time really goes, what the ratio is, and where to improve.

The app is Free with no subscriptions or trials, fully on-device with no online requirement, & has full Dynamic Island integration. It is infinitely customizable to make the UI look how you want it.

Check out Flowton on the App Store.

For other examples of how to stay productive in absurd places, check out my socials from the flowton.com website.

For any questions or feedback, I'm here to help 👋

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