One of the biggest challenges to maintaining focus is the constant urge to check your phone, browse social media, or engage in other distractions. These interruptions can break your concentration and ...

The research examining the effectiveness of focus apps is thin. One study examined a range of apps for reducing mobile phone ...

Screens vie for our attention everywhere now, and many of us struggle to keep our minds focused on one task at a time. Research shows that media multitasking, like texting while watching video shorts, ...

From budgeting apps to tools to combat procrastination, here are some of the best productivity app to keep you on track in ...

Our computers can do more than anyone could have imagined a couple of decades ago, and that's both a blessing and a curse. While having all these capabilities is certainly great, it can also be very ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Between constant interruptions, shifting priorities and ...

Concentration is becoming a rare skill. Distractions scream for our attention everywhere. The average American checks their phone 205 times a day: Based on 16 waking hours, that’s once every 5 minutes ...

I recently wrote about my search for a task manager in “AppBITS: Sorted Seems Moribund” (25 June 2025), outlining my desire for a task manager that would help me plan my day by combining tasks with ...

If you’re living with ADHD your might be able to relate to your to-do list feeling endless, your thoughts bouncing around like a pinball machine, and staying focused on even the simplest task feels ...

Now I’ve written this out, “Nothing Else Matters,” posting the three words in visible locations as reminder notes to myself. This is for a big project, starting a new year’s resolution early. Yet this ...