🎯 Staying on it

One tab, one task

Strip your screen and space down to the one thing you’re doing.

Tiny version

Put your phone in another room for the next 20 minutes.

Start a 5-min timer

Good for

  • You keep checking your phone
  • Twenty tabs open
  • Notifications keep pinging

Why it helps

Every visible option is a small invitation to switch. Removing them saves willpower for the task itself.

The full version

  1. Close every tab and app you don’t need for this task.

  2. Make the task window full screen.

  3. Turn on Do Not Disturb, or put the phone out of reach.

  4. If you need to look something up, write it in the parking lot instead.

If this doesn’t click, try

All skills →
The distraction parking lot Park stray thoughts on paper so they stop pulling you away. 🎯 Staying on it Flexible focus sprints Work in short timed bursts with real breaks in between. 🎯 Staying on it Out of sight is out of mind Make what matters visible, and hide what distracts. 🧲 Remembering