Here is the app Forest: Focus for Productivity on the App Store
They recently added app whitelisting so I can block web browsers too. During those times I won’t do work stuff either.
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03/20/2023 Day 7
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Listened to some audios to stuff related to my job field.
What I did instead:
Spent time with my wife.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
Yesterday: 4HR 50mins
Other Items:
Setup forest goal.
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03/21/2023 Day 8
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules
What I did instead:
Spent time with my wife had some good conversations.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
Yesterday: 5Hr 53min (INACCURATE!!!) Turns out a iOS beta is increasing my screen time. It showed I picked up my phone 400 times while I was sleeping and shows phone usage of over two hours. Please see images below.
Other Items:
Going to derail zoneminutes goal. Need to keep bigger buffer.
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03/22/2023 Day 9
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules
What I did instead:
Took care of wife she was sick today.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
Will wait till update of iOS as it is broke.
Other Items:
I created a goal for YNAB trying to automate it using Zapier. I derailed on zone my minutes but I am back on track today.
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03/23/2023 Day 10
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules been sick so slept most of day.
What I did instead:
Slept
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
Will wait till update of iOS as it is broke.
Other Items:
Probably going to do an update to rules soon to reduce screen time further. (Rules on what rooms work stuff can be done and maybe some other stuff) Also upped my Forest goal nearly double to help reduce screen time.
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03/24/2023 Day 11
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules been sick so slept most of day.
What I did instead:
Slept and talked to wife
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
Will wait till update of iOS as it is broke.
Other Items:
Tired
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03/25/2023 Day 12
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules been sick so slept a lot.
What I did instead:
talked to wife
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
Will wait till update of iOS as it is broke.
Other Items:
Tired. got ahead on forest goal.
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Adding some new rules that I had chatGPT help write me:
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The bedroom is designated as a work-free zone. Do not engage in any work-related research while in the bedroom.
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Exceptions for work-related matters. An exception to Rule 1 is made when prompted by external factors, such as receiving a work-related email or being sent a work article. In these cases, you may briefly address the matter in the bedroom.
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No shopping in the bedroom. Shopping in the bedroom is prohibited, except when prompted by someone asking you to research or shop for a specific item.
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No general research in the bedroom. General research in the bedroom is not allowed unless prompted by someone asking you to look up information on a particular topic.
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7-day grace period and the “akrasia horizon”. A 7-day grace period will be granted before these rules are strictly enforced, allowing for a transition and adaptation period. This approach follows the concept of the “akrasia horizon”, and it is understood that adherence to these rules should begin immediately, even if not strictly enforced during the grace period.
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ChatGPT is always allowed. ChatGPT is exempt from these restrictions and may be used at any time and in any location, as it is considered a valuable resource.
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It’s getting sentient… 
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03/26/2023 Day 13
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules been sick so slept a lot.
What I did instead:
talked to wife.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
Will wait till update of iOS as it is broke.
Upcoming Rule Changes:
04/01/2023 Bedroom screen time rules enforcement.
Other Items:
Tired. Created some new goals.
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Yea ChatGPT is really impressive.
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03/27/2023 Day 14
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules been sick.
What I did instead:
talked to wife. Coughed a lot.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
Will wait till update of iOS as it is broke.
Upcoming Rule Changes:
04/01/2023 Bedroom screen time rules enforcement.
Other Items:
Finally went to doctor I have bronchitis. On bright side during my coughing fits I managed to get 38 zone minutes. As during my coughing fits my heartrate became elevated. Made some progress in a few other goals.
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03/28/2023 Day 15
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Broke rule not thinking. The cough medicine makes me tired and I started browsing Reddit without thinking. Went ahead and browsed Reddit/watched YouTube until 8:59PM figured I would get the most out of my $10.00 lol
What I did instead:
I derailed
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
I derailed
Upcoming Rule Changes:
04/01/2023 Bedroom screen time rules enforcement.
Other Items:
Still sick but finally starting to improve moving in the right direction now. Glad I made no excuses for rules. As otherwise I can guarantee this goal would have been abandoned. Going to create some more semi rare goals. Also going to create a goal to work on my spelling haven’t figured out quite what I will do yet but thinking maybe Quizlet cards. I have Quizlet+ but never use it.
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Got iOS updated and off beta today so can resume screen time starting Friday.
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Also new thing I will be doing if I go over 4 hours of screen time I must list all non work apps that were used for over 10 minutes and add up the total to get non work screen time. This is true if iPad and iPhone combined total is over 4 hours screen time.
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03/29/2023 Day 16
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules.
What I did instead:
Talked to wife.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
ScreenTime:
First will come tomorrow
Upcoming Rule Changes:
04/01/2023 Bedroom screen time rules enforcement.
Other Items:
Created a new goal normalappopens. Set a iOS shortcut to add data points when work focus is off and I open a distracting app. Limited to 50 a day to help reduce phone usage further.
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03/30/2023 Day 17
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules.
What I did instead:
Got worse starting last night really sick had to go back to doctor so did not do much.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Upcoming Rule Changes:
04/01/2023 Bedroom screen time rules enforcement.
Other Items:
I am sick
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03/31/2023 Day 18
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules.
What I did instead:
Seems I am starting to do better. Hoping I continue. I have pneumonia so been doing pretty rough. Spent a lot of time with wife. She has been sick also since last Tuesday.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
Screen Time:
Went over 4hrs so here are the deats for yesterday:
Safari/Bing: Mainly looking up medical stuff trying to figure out what was going on with me before I had gone back to doctor.
Messaging apps: Was messaging people and such.
Health: they have me on a lot of medications right now to try and get me better. Health app has medication tracking.
Upcoming Rule Changes:
04/01/2023 Bedroom screen time rules enforcement.
Other Items:
I am trying to find a way to get screen time of apps directly to Beeminder. Going to try to setup a iOS shortcut to do it. If anyone knows a free app that integrates with screen time that can be used to put data in Beeminder let me know.
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Forgot to put total of non work: 183 minutes
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04/01/2023 Day 19
Good evening folks,
How I did Today:
Followed rules.
What I did instead:
Still sick doing better. Spent more time with wife.
Loopholes Found:
None to report
**Screen Time
Upcoming Rule Changes:
Changing rate to 0.9 to allow the accumulation of free days. Also day ends and starts at 12 am now also (far as screen time goes).
Other Items:
Working on renaming goals to easily group them.
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