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Oooh! I have long wanted something like this, something both compelling and soothing. When I've been doing something intense, it's hard for me to shift my mind into a lower gear; I often find myself back on Twitter or rummaging through the news. This seems like a great alternative. Edit: Oh no! IOS only!
https://www.binky.rocks/
Oooh! I have long wanted something like this, something both compelling and soothing. When I've been doing something intense, it's hard for me to shift my mind into a lower gear; I often find myself back on Twitter or rummaging through the news. This seems like a great alternative. Edit: Oh no! IOS only!
https://www.binky.rocks/
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To me the argument is the equivalent of trying to stop eating fast food by asking a friend to come over everyday with fast food.
the problem isn't the fast-food, but the health of the fast food. proper comparison would be trying to stop eating fast food by only having healthy food around the house.
I don't get what introvert has to do with focus. Besides that, if you really need to stay off your phone, consider a "distraction free" phone as outlined in the book Make Time by Jake Knapp. Its a solid book but you can also glean that part of it from his blog: https://medium.com/make-time/six-years-with-a-distraction-fr... His version might be extreme for some. At the very least disable all notifications (save maybe…
> I don't get what introvert has to do with focus. A common object of attention for Samatha (one-pointed concentration / tranquility) practice is a Mandala or Kasina. The copy on the site and the mandala-like art the app generates leads me to believe the author hopes people can use the app for this (or a non-Buddhist equivalent concentration practice). I just did a 10 minute session. It's excellent for this purpose!
Step 1: minimize or remove social media from phone. Only keep messenger apps. Step 2: remove all apps and games that require you to use it daily for some sort of reward. Step 3: eliminate any or all notifications save for messages, email, phone, or automated alerts for particular things (like slickdeals or stocks). Step 4: treat your phone as a tool, not an entertainment machine.
I try to do it, but then I end up using websites, log out, then log in after some time and get hooked on again... I used to have a blocker app acting as a pseudo VPN on iOS but I just turned it off constantly.
It makes making a purchase a hassle just like it makes checking up on social media a hassle. I intentionally put barriers up to manipulate my own behavior I know well enough. Yes it's annoying, but I've made a habit of it for so long it's a nuisance that is the "Right" way to do it.
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> I don't get what introvert has to do with focus. A common object of attention for Samatha (one-pointed concentration / tranquility) practice is a Mandala or Kasina. The copy on the site and the mandala-like art the app generates leads me to believe the author hopes people can use the app for this (or a non-Buddhist equivalent concentration practice). I just did a 10 minute session. It's excellent for this purpose!
But what does that have to do with introversion? Extroverts can focus or make mandalas.
We're just too used to the psychological definition