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Eliminate time-wasters
Do you ever feel like there is never enough time in the day? If that’s your experience, take a moment to reflect on what distracts you from completing your school work. Ask yourself the following questions:
- What activities distract you from studying and completing assignments? Be honest and specific.
- How much time do you spend on your phone scrolling through social media and texting friends?¹
Apps that help you stay focused
Recognizing what distracts you is the first step to better utilizing your time. The next step is to make changes based on how you answered the questions listed above. Sometimes it may be helpful to use apps that can help reduce distractions. Check out the following apps:
- Cold Turkey – Block websites, applications, or the internet. Once you set it up, it locks your schedule and blocks distracting apps during scheduled times.
- Focus Friend – Help your bean friend by setting a timer for your focus goals. Earn decorations for your bean’s room the more time you are focused.
- Focus@Will – Music that helps you stay focused and on task. You can choose from a variety of sounds to help you create the right environment for studying.
- Forest – Help stay on task while focusing on an important project. This app gamifies your experience by growing a tree during your focus time.
- Opal – Install Opal on your phone to help block apps that distract you from getting things done. You can set up time limits, time blocks when apps don’t work, or start a focus timer. Earn new gems as you stay on task.
- RescueTime – This app can help you by tracking the time spent on apps or websites. It’s another app to set goals or block distracting apps on your device.
- StayFocusd – Tracks your website usage and then blocks websites that you spend too much time on. You can also set time limits on specific websites.
NOTE: Many of these apps have a paid component to unlock more features. Most will have free versions to use that will be sufficient to your needs.
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