How many times a day do you catch yourself scrolling without any real reason? Maybe you’re even doing it right now. Balancing the mindless but fun parts of the internet with its fundamental place in our daily personal and professional lives is tricky business. And if you’re like many of us, your attempts at building…
Finding consistent focus and productivity is challenging for everyone – especially with the rise of distracting and addicting tech. With our devices always within reach, we are left resisting the call of the entire internet and its endless flow of information and possibility. Quick checks too often turn into 30 minute sessions – distracting us…
Digital distractions are everywhere stealing away our precious time and attention with each ping, buzz, and notification. On average it takes 23 minutes and 15 seconds for someone to get back on task once interrupted. Many of us blame ourselves for our inability to ignore or resist the temptation of our devices and never-ending timelines, but unfortunately…
Starting this week, we’re thrilled to announce whitelisting for Mac – a new feature that will making controlling your digital distractions easier than ever! With whitelisting, you will now be able to block out the internet – except for the sites that you want to always have access to and add to your exceptions list.…
Freedom was created by our CEO Fred Stutzman in order to help him avoid distractions and be more productive while writing his PhD. However, since releasing the new Freedom platform, our diverse and talented Freedom community has found many ways to use Freedom other than just to improve their productivity at work. Instead of us…
6 Steps to Block Distractions Across All of Your Devices Digital distraction is perhaps the most persistent and pervasive distraction we face. Not only does it beg for constant attention with beeps, buzzes, and click-bait headlines, but it tends to invade our lives daily through multiple channels. Laptops, desktops, smartphones, tablets, wearables – the list…