This week will be our fourth installment of our Attention Expert Series (a list of previous posts can be found at the end). Throughout the series we have spoken with a variety of experts within our community to learn about the tools and techniques they are using to find calm and focus during these uncertain…
If you could pick one word to describe 2020, what would it be? I would choose “uncertain”. In January, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what the year would look like. How young and naive I was. Now, I can confidently say that I have zero clue what the remainder of the…
Do you find it hard to focus? Do you often find yourself frustrated after diving down an internet loophole only to find that hours have passed with nothing to show? You’re not alone. Don’t believe me? Here’s a Google Trends graph showing the number of people searching “can’t focus” and “phone addiction” on Google from…
In a period of a few short months, our lives and routines have been drastically uprooted. Finding a healthy balance with screens has never been harder. Below are a few free resources and tools that can help you adjust. Free Freedom Premium for COVID-19 responders and researchers We are providing grants of Freedom subscriptions to…
This week’s guest post comes from Catherine Price’s Screen/Life Balance newsletter. An expert on Screen time and attention, as well as author of How to Break Up With Your Phone, Catherine is currently running a #QuarantineChallenge newsletter that includes expert advice and tips on how to handle your stress and time during these uncertain and…
Does checking your phone leave you feeling constantly overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious? Does your to-do list grow with every pick-up? You’re definitely not alone. Constantly responding to buzzes and pings not only takes a toll on focus and energy, but also our emotional and mental health. With each push notification we are asked to redirect…
At Freedom, we love our users – not just because they use our product, but because they’re cool – cool people working on cool stuff. Academy Award-nominated screenwriters, bestselling authors, editors, journalists, developers, illustrators, designers, academics, coaches, podcast hosts, comic book writers, students, and entrepreneurs – the Freedom community is packed with curious, creative, and passionate go-getters. We love to share their…
Netflix exhausts and overwhelms me. I open it up and am confronted with 45 new titles, in addition to the thousands of titles already in their library. I spend 30 minutes scrolling through my options, only to end up watching an episode of The Office that I’ve already seen three times. The problem is not…
