We need a break.

We are humans, we are concerned about hearts, spirits, and brain function because it’s just not working for us, all this time on devices.

Social media and smartphones have changed society, and most people agree it’s not for the better. Now, enter AI, a great unknown.

What will the proliferation of digital content do to our frayed attention spans? Whether we like it or not, we’re all part of this experiment.

If we’re experimenting with ourselves and our kids, we may as well include experiments in strategic friction (see The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt). This is the idea behind FocusRest.

Timeline

• CURRENTLY - The shop is open to Early Adopters. Sign up for our newsletter to get on the list.

• NEXT STEP - We’ll open the shop publicly.

• BEYOND - We’d like our product and this genre of products (strategic digital friction, digital brakes) to become so common they’re not even noteworthy anymore. We’d like people to use these products so often they find they have hours, days, weeks, months added back to their lives. We’d like to flip the script on fast-paced tech where we set the terms and are in control.

Contact

If you have a question you’re burning to ask, you can write to us at contact @ focusrest.com, though it may take us a little time to respond!