How to stay focused and be productive ?

Focus - How do I bring it in ? 

Focus literally means -center of interest or activity. So that shows you automatically do well in things of you love to do. So start your day with a positive mindset and write down things that interest you today. Its okay, at the end of the day, if some of your to-do's aren't complete, atleast you planned & gave your best ! 

And keep in your mind, obstacles are there for everyone and challenges do come in life, you might end up not doing anything sometimes, it's okay then too, take a deep breath & relax. Take your time , find your flaws and rectify them. 

Some ways to bring focus in studies- use these apps on your phone, and minimise procrastination and unnecessary screen time.

1) Use a timer ⏲️ :

Yes, while studying keeping track of time is very important. You must limit your unnecessary screen time on mobile phone and concentrate on what is to be done. For this you could use :

● Time tune- optimize your time , productivity & life. 

Boost your productivity, do everything in your schedule and save time

Doing more things with your time. Increasing your productivity. Improving your daily routine.

This is what you can achieve with TimeTune, your routine planner.

Have you ever wondered why some people can get plenty of things done in a single day while your time slips through your fingers?

The answer is that they have a very sound and organized distribution of time. They use healthy routines and stick to them, allowing them to squeeze every available minute, create good habits and do everything in their schedule.

With TimeTune you can do the same.

You can use TimeTune:

★ For timeboxing / time blocking
★ As your routine manager
★ As your task reminder
★ As your student calendar
★ As your timetable planner
★ As your habit creation tool
★ As your productivity enhancer... and more!

Apart from this, It can be more convenient than a calendar or an agenda for routine tasks, as it doesn't clutter your calendar schedule.

Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.jmartindev.timetune

● Focus master : productivity and pomodoro timer. 

The timer that tracks your focus & rest for better productivity and health.

Focusmeter helps you to track your focus & rest for better productivity and health. It's a great companion timer for studying, reading or working.

Focus is important for productivity, but rest is equally important too. Taking breaks between periods of focus improves productivity. With Focusmeter, customize your own routines to maximize productivity and have enough rest.

HOW IT WORKS:

1️⃣ Setup your routine: customize the length of your Focus and Rest timers.

2️⃣ Start your first Focus timer. 👨‍💻

3️⃣ After your timer is completed, it's time for a break. ☕

4️⃣ Start the next Focus timer and stay productive! 👨‍💻

● Flipd Focus and study timer 

Keep track of productivity goals, stay motivated with friends, and achieve more

Track all your productive activities with Flipd. Join millions of students and productivity enthusiasts to reach your daily goals! Log all of your studying, focus, reading, learning, work time and more, analyse your progress, and join communities for free!

Whether you're studying for final exams or learning something new, turn your smartphone into a sophisticated productivity timer & tracker with Flipd.

5 ways to track your productivity with Flipd:

1. TIME & TRACK
Track and tag every activity and keep them organized in your productivity stats. Measure your progress like average productive time, time on break, day streaks, milestones, and more.

2. MOTIVATION
Prepare for each session with a motivating or inspiring quote. Take a few deep breaths before you get to work!

3. BACKGROUND MUSIC
Listen to curated lofi radio streams and relaxing background music while you focus. Find a track for any mood!

4. CHALLENGE & COMPETE
Push yourself to reach your goals and compete with others with daily, weekly, and monthly leaderboard challenges.

5. LIVE GROUPS
Join Live timed focus and study sessions with your friends, clubs, and popular studygram influencers!

PERFORMANCE: Track, categorize, and compare your history of productive activities and performance over time, and see where you rank against other community members around the world. Track your progress & analyse your performance in your stats.

FULL LOCK MODE: Stay motivated and focused toward your goals by locking away your most distracting apps and games. Create a whitelist of only the apps you really need!

CONNECT & SHARE: Record all of your productive activities on Flipd so friends and followers can keep up with your progress. Join Groups created by your favorite studygram influencers, schools, clubs, and friends to find motivation and a strong sense of community. Show off your progress and achievements with them!

● Forest : stay focused app 🌱☘🌾

In this you set your time, you can tag it as work, study, rest or whatever you want to achieve in the set timeframe. And put it on deep focus mode, so that it restricts you from using the apps you do not want to use, and scroll it the entire day! ( social media apps) Here you can set up background sound, like rain sounds, cafe in Paris, forest (bird chirping, sweet sounds of the woods) to focus on your studies.

Here you can set app preferences for using in the deep focus mode. This is a very good feature. 

Adding to this, there's another feature of study live together - live rooms, here you can study with your friends for a set time, and get all your work done.

Live study with friends by planting a plant together and get things done.Challenge your friends and stay focused together. If any of your friends in the room, fail to do the goal The plant dies, this keep everyone motivated and work towards their goals.

Available both on playstore and appstore.

Playstore link below-

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cc.forestapp

● study bunny - timer app for studies 

Your study buddy to get your things done. Set the timer and get your work done !

A motivational productivity study timer to stay focused!

Study Bunny: Focus Timer

1. Time your studying. Hit pause when you can't stay focused for motivational advice!

2. Earn coins. Buy items or music in the store!

3. Be productive. Use tools like the To Do list, flashcards, and the customizable Study Tracker.

 

Link- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superbyte.studybunny

● pomodoro timer - pomodoro timer and to-do-list organiser app.

This helps you organise your workflow, and is an integrated time tracker. Pomodoro technique is to stay focused for short period of time and getting into the mindset of studying and getting things done.

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superelement.pomodoro

● Engross : focus timer & to-do-list 

Engross is a combination of Pomodoro Inspired Timer with Todo list and Planner. It will help to keep your work/studies more organized and finish things faster.

How Engross helps you?
- Be more focused while working or studying.
- Stay on track with all your tasks.
- Create routines and keep yourself organised.
- Keep record of your sessions and get insights into your work & progress.
- Set daily work targets.

Engross uses a unique ‘Hit me when you are distracted’ method in its sessions that helps to work with more focus and engagement.

Pomodoro Timer and Stopwatch
A fully customizable Pomodoro timer with work session length up to 180 minutes and long break up to 240 minutes.
A Stopwatch when you do not wish to work in fixed sessions or just want to track time.

● Brain focus : productivity timer 

Here you can improve your productivity by 

Using the pomodoro technique. Keep focus by blocking distractions. Customise your needs & stay focused. Keep track and analyse your time spent and work done.

Here you can start your work session,from the notification on screen and get going to start the day with a boost of motivation. 

Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AT.PomodoroTimer

● Flip: focus timer for study

The features in this app are so motivating, 

You can increase productivity with this organiser, task list, track your habits and mark important days in the calendar. 

Do you also keep planning 100 things a day to see you accomplish maximum 10 in the end?Does your time fly very fast as well?

Have you ever thought, where it has disappeared?
Quit wondering where, see it with your own eyes!

If you are tired of keeping lots of time management apps like calendars, to-do lists, habit trackers, timers, alarms, note pads, try Time Planner that has all those tools included. Save time and boost your productivity in different areas of life!

Link - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.albul.timeplanner 

Choose what suits your study pattern and get going ! I personally use, brain focus: productivity timer (great customisation options),Engross, Flip, study bunny and forest focus app for getting my work done.

2) Join study streams - to get library ambience. 

You can join study streams on YouTube, organised by various students like you, and also can play study with me vedios on your mobile so that you keep yourself engaged in your studies and do not open any other apps on your mobile which can distract you and take your time. Join virtual study rooms, and get your tasks done, as you would do in a library.  Here are some of the study rooms- links: 

https://www.studystream.live/ 

https://youtu.be/YgfDOeiErv0

https://youtu.be/KQGSRZdd6nA

https://youtu.be/eyTcjnX83j4

https://youtu.be/ZUwx7o45KVc

https://youtu.be/R8TLsiAq-4s

Staying focused is the solution to many of our problems. By focusing on the issues at hand and channeling all our energy on them, we gather the neccesary strength to improve things. Staying focused also allows us to keep calm in times of stress and struggle.