Focus of my day

Why should I use this app?

How often do you want to keep something important in your mind, but then again-and-again you simply forget it? This iphone app is an effective solution for this problem. It is designed to get under your skin and unobtrusively remind you of what matters most to you.

Here are a couple of ideas for using the app:

Develop positive mental attitudes.

For example, it is so much more constructive and refreshing to rejoice when others are successful instead of envying them. Write down “rejoice” and set the reminder to every four hours. Then, every time you hear the notification while reading about successful startups in tech blogs, you’ll get the chance to appreciate and experience their sweet success.

Nurture relationships.

It is easy to forget your loved ones and instead be preoccupied with work, worries or just random thoughts. Every time the app reminds you, take a 10 seconds time-out from your work and remember them with love. It is fun to think about how you can make them happy. Or give your wife a surprise kiss if she is nearby.

Keep sight on your business goals.

It is easy to lose focus of your business or product. Write down your mission statement or just “Make our customers successful!” Next time you get the reminder in the middle of a meeting or while developing new product features, stop and evaluate if what you are doing supports that goal.

Increase productivity.

Focus on one thing at a time. Stop yourself from checking email constantly. You get the idea, right?

Stop bad habits.

For example stop biting your nails. High frequency (every 30 minutes) notifications work best. Every time you’ll hear the notification or see the message you will remember to stop the negative habit.

Support your spiritual practice.

The app is great for reminding you to do short on-the-fly sessions of yoga, meditation or prayer at regular intervals throughout your day – or even in the night.

How does it work?

1. Open the app and write down your focus - the thing you want to keep in your mind.

2. The app will remind you with periodic notifications - even when it is not running.

3. You can set the frequency and type of notifications, and use the master switch to easily turn them off for the night.

4. Open the app to contemplate your focus. Leave the app open for even stronger effect.

5. The app is designed to get under your skin. Just seeing the app icon will remind you of what matters most to you.

6. Tweet your focus if you want to share inspiration with others.

Notice regarding background notifications

Due to limitations of iOS notification system, the app can’t play more than 64 background notifications when it is not running. Each time you run the app you get 64 new background notifications. So, if you have notifications set to 4 hours, you’ll need to start the app approximately every 10 days. The app will use the last available notification to remind you of that.

Is this a to-do list replacement?

It can be. But that is not the purpose of the app. Focus of my day helps you with your strategic goals, not with managing your day-to-day tasks. It actually provides a counter-balance to various get-things-done systems where it is very easy to get lost in checking off various tasks while forgetting the reason for doing them in the first place.

Does it actually work?

Yes. As long as you keep your phone nearby and use the app, you will be able to keep what’s important in your mind.

How about the privacy of my data?

Whatever you write in the app is only stored locally on your phone.

Contact and support

There are no known issues with the app at this time. Let us know if you run into any problems or if you have a suggestion for making the app even better. And of course, we are always happy to hear how you are using the app.