With all of the different things you can do with a cell phone nowadays, they make an extra-tempting distraction from the less enjoyable, but important tasks we have to do, such as studying for a test, doing homework, or working on projects. However, in order to achieve the goals that are important to us, we need to stay focused and complete these tasks. For those of us who struggle to resist the temptation to be on our phones, there is a fantastic app that can help.
Flora is a focus app that helps you stay off your phone so that you can get your work done. It also helps you build positive habits, so that you can achieve the goals that are most important to you.
How can an app on your phone keep you from going on your phone? Well, first, you select a duration–how long do you want to focus for? Then you click ‘start’ and a tree begins to grow. As you work, the tree continues to grow, but if you leave the app to play games or use social media, your tree will die. As you use the app, you can discover new trees by completing these focus sessions and tasks. You can also make a to-do list and set reminders in the app so you never forget an assignment. You can even track your progress towards your goals, whether they are daily, weekly, or monthly.
In order to help you build good habits and routines, you will earn beautiful gardens that you can look at and feel proud of if you grow trees regularly. You can also view daily, weekly, and monthly statistics of your activities on the app and find opportunities to improve your planning and time-management skills.
But wait, there’s more! You can join with your friends and grow a tree together. Challenge a friend to grow a tree with you, and if you both successfully stay off your phones together, you each win an additional tree. You can also chat and share your progress to motivate each other and keep everyone on track, which is great for working on group projects.
As a bonus, you can even help the environment by contributing to the planting of real trees! This feature, which is completely optional, allows you to set a price to pay when you kill your tree, so that it can be reborn as a real tree (you can also choose to plant a real tree when you successfully grow a tree in the app). Flora partners with tree-planting organizations, such as the Trees for the Future and Eden Reforestation Projects, that work with local communities in Africa, Asia, and South America to plant fast-growing soil rebuilding trees, fruit trees to diversity nutrition, and trees that provide forage and fuel-wood. The app is completely free and can be downloaded on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, or as a Chrome extension. To learn more, check out their website at https://flora.appfinca.com.
