Forge - A self discovery

Forge blocks apps on your phone for stretches of time you choose. The only way to get your phone back early is to do the work you planned. THE PROBLEM A blocked phone gives you an empty hour. It doesn't give you a finished one. Most blockers stop there, so you sit through the hour, get nothing done, and eventually turn the blocker off. A to-do list has the opposite problem: it holds everything you intend and nothing that makes any of it start. HOW IT WORKS Block your phone. Set recurring stretches of the day, or start one right now for as long as you like. Each block has its own list of what it shuts out — whole categories, or individual apps. Say what done looks like. Before a session starts you write three versions: the least that would still count, a good result, and more than you expected. The smallest one exists so there is always a version you could manage on a bad day. Work.…