Before You Scroll Prompt
One question, asked at the moment of opening. Interrupts autopilot.
BEFOREYOUSCROLL—
10 seconds / AttentionAttention is not a moral failing or a personality trait. It is a limited capacity operating inside an environment engineered by some of the best-funded design teams in history. Understanding that changes the question from 'why can't I focus?' to 'what is my environment asking of me?'
Good for: opening an app without deciding to
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Set the question as your lock-screen wallpaper: 'What am I here for?'
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Answer it in one word before unlocking.
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If there's no answer, put the phone down. That's the whole tool.
Take what you found into a check-in, or read the thinking behind the tool. Saving it puts it on your shelf in My Modern Human.
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