Reward or punish yourself

Protect a virtual creature

To get a little extra push of motivation to use your devices in the way you intended, add a reward.

One of the most popular tools for this is Forest which lets you grow virtual trees during focus sessions - the trees die if you do not stick with your goal…

Forest is available for iOS, Android, and as a Chrome extension.

Other options include Feed the Goat (Chrome Extension) or Flora (iOS):

Writing under pressure

The online writing app The Most Dangerous Writing App helps you get into the flow of writing by adding pressure:

Set a target word count or length of time, begin typing, and if you stop for more than a few seconds before you hit your goal, all you have typed is deleted!

Perfect for simulating the feeling of being so close to a deadline that there’s no time left to procrastinate!