Victoria
A Complete Gamechanger.
Focusmate is, quite simply, a complete game changer for me. Whilst I have never been officially diagnosed with ADHD, I can see that I share many of the symptoms, and I use focusmate to alleviate the problems I experience. Problems starting work? Well just press the button to book a session in 5/10/15 mins or whenever you would like and it will trick your brain into going through the process of thinking about what you have to do next in order to study. Problem solved. The format of the session is that you are paired with someone else from focusmate, and you spend a brief period of time - between say 1 min and 5 mins, explaining to the other person what you are going to study on. This is really useful as it gets you to refine down and be specific about your goals. Then you spend the time working (there are 25/50/75 mins sessions available), and at the end of that time, you regroup with your buddy to discuss what went well, and what went less well. It's a fantastic 'body doubling' idea, and my productivity has literally gone up 100%. It also takes the loneliness out of studying - although you don't know the other person on the end of the call, and you you don't particularly share personal details, it shares the pain, and makes you realise there is a community of fellow sufferers! The other thing i'll mention is how supportive the community has been. I am blown away by how kind and considerate everyone has been, in over 50 sessions with focusmate. As a woman especially, I was concerned about safety, but i've noticed there are easy ways to report people who might behave badly, and you can always just exit the call - not that i've ever needed to on Focusmate. It's a collegiate, hard working community of people all over the world, and it has been literally life changing for me. Thank you Focusmate!