Agreed, being present is _the_ thing. You don't get there in a day though. In my experience, working on a screen blurs my awareness at some point and I can fall

Agreed, being present is _the_ thing. You don't get there in a day though. In my experience, working on a screen blurs my awareness at some point and I can fall in limbo even when I least expect it. Even after days of flow. If you want to improve your kick-boxing and find it hard to actually commit to get there, it helps to prepare your bag in advance, with clean and ready gear in it so you don't have to hesitate when you want to go. So I see those focus cheats as the online equivalent. It helps my flow because if I slip on some link, I'll have a nice reminder to her back to awareness. I use Delay (Safari extension) which doesn't alllow to set a timer - it's either on or off. This looks better- feels like preparing my Mac for sparring.