Focus Journal

Keeping focused while working or when dwelling on a personal project has become an increasingly difficult task, mainly because of all the available distractions around us. There are numerous ways of “manually” aiding maintaining concentration, but in the digital worlds, a software solution is mandatory. Focus Journal was created for offering users an idea of partaking their time and managing a focused attitude, with as little distractions as possible.

Attaining improved concentration can be a real challenge, and the app resorts to a mainly graphical demeanor, which is characterized by a central, animated timer. The app is entailing the “Pomodoro Technique”, which can be summed up by deploying “chunks” of focused, work times, alternated with shorter breaks.

The length of the focused and distracted (break times) can be adjusted manually, to suit users’ requirements.

Having set the length of the “Pomodoro” timer, when the elapsed time clears, users will be awarded green or red tomatoes, corresponding to focused and distracted times, respectively. This, “reward-based” approach is quite productive, as it motivates one to reach the next goal.

New tasks can be added with ease and managed afterward, this way enabling one to organize better or even divide chores into professional or personal ones. Once several tasks have elapsed, the application will yield productivity reports, based on daily, weekly or monthly data.

If improving their focus and determination is what users require then this application is a good candidate for the task at hand. Its set of colorful features, aimed at dividing work time into “focused” and “distracted” periods can surely motivate maintaining a concentrated attitude and resulting high productivity.