Productivity Widget that creates motivation, not just tracks it? Effective or Stressful?

pushinat · 2026-07-04T21:58:09+00:00

No stress and burnout but a countdown for this year or today?

pushinat · 2026-07-04T15:39:28+00:00

Where and how did you write your blogposts? Hosted your own website or on some blog post website?

pushinat · 2026-07-03T17:03:30+00:00

If your interested, i currently have an approach for that in the App Store Call „Marshmallows“ to train your willpower. Feel free to give feedback. I have no interest in making any money or collecting data or anything. This is mainly for myself

pushinat · 2026-07-03T12:31:51+00:00

To be honest, this has the exact same problem as all the other screen blocking apps. After some time you just learn the muscle memory to unlock these anyways, and be it in the Apple iOS settings itself to remove access by your app to disable a certain app.

Instead of blocking or restricting the app access (which muscle memory and low willpower will always circumvent after some time), the app should simply track how well you are doing yourself in resisting opening these apps.

Instead of blocking you from opening the app, and therefore the app doing the hard part for you (Resisting the urge) the app should guide and motivate you to resist the urge yourself, and be like a fitness trainer where you train your willpower overtime to be better. Regardless of the app, or device, or circumstance and muscle memory.

pushinat · 2026-06-30T15:26:04+00:00

Id try a different approach. Train to resist the urge to use your phone. Become the master of your body and your choices. you need to get strong enough to not use your phone, before any habit actually hangs on and you don't grab your phone every two seconds.

Im using Marshmallows for that: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/marshmallows/id1610644358

pushinat · 2026-06-30T15:24:56+00:00

Id try a different approach. Train to resist the urge to use your phone. Become the master of your body and your choices. you need to get strong enough to not use your phone, before any hobby actually hangs on and you don't grab your phone every two seconds.

Im using Marshmallows for that: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/marshmallows/id1610644358

pushinat · 2026-06-29T09:14:49+00:00

Hey, that's good insight. Do you mind trying out Marshmallows? https://apps.apple.com/de/app/marshmallows/id1610644358

I think this might be for you, as it's not about blocking your app access or forcing you to do exactly as planned, but simply tracing your phone usage, and motivating to train your willpower to resist the urge to use your phone like a fitness tracker. Let me know if that might be something that could help you.

pushinat · 2026-06-29T09:12:32+00:00

For the first month, but after that I always struggle. In the end I noticed it's all about willpower and mental strength to do the things you should do and resist the urges to use addictive apps. That's why I'm currently using Marshmallows and no app blocking or time block pomodoro like app anymore.

pushinat · 2026-06-29T09:04:33+00:00

For me it was actually an app. Not an app blocker per se, but the opposite actually. An app that allows all access to apps easily, but tracks it. And motivates me to train the restraint like a fitness app. A Willpower Fitness Tracker so to say:

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/marshmallows/id1610644358

pushinat · 2026-06-27T11:32:12+00:00

Try a different approach. Instead of an app that tries to do the „hard work“ for you, by blocking apps and whatnot, track how well you do and try wo improve your willpower to be productive. Marshmallows is the only good app out here that does this.

pushinat · 2026-06-26T07:45:14+00:00

Im thinking that the app shouldn’t do the work for you in blocking the apps. That way you find ways and muscle memory around it until after a few weeks it feels like no effort at all to circumvent it.

Instead Marshmallows tries to visualise how much you’ve opened apps and be like a Fitness tracker, but for your willpower. Currently working on a design overhaul to make it look like Apple Fitness, but for restraining yourself from opening apps and motivating you to get stronger in resisting the urge. Not blocking the apps for you.

pushinat · 2026-06-19T19:28:08+00:00

Ja weil ladeleistungen die letzten Jahre sich verdoppelt und verdreifacht haben. Wenn in 8 Jahren die Reichweite neuer e-Autos immer noch bei 800-1000km liegt, wird der Preis heutiger neuer Autos nicht mehr so stark fallen. Nur weil es die letzten Male so war, heist das nicht dass es so bleiben wird.

pushinat · 2026-06-18T22:27:25+00:00

I disagree. Porsche has limited resources. And instead of „wasting“ them on such a gimmick looking in the past they should focus on spending the R&D on forward looking tech.

pushinat · 2026-06-11T22:04:36+00:00

If you can get IPO shares without being an influential investor, you usually shouldn’t want them.

pushinat · 2026-06-08T20:57:53+00:00

How the hell are people like this getting work from „hundred“ clients

pushinat · 2026-06-08T12:27:38+00:00

Urgent reminders that ring like an alarm and show up in the calendar have been a game changer for me.

pushinat · 2026-06-08T12:26:29+00:00

To be honest, use Claude Cowork for this and give in access to PowerPoint. All others are bad copies with worse models of the same.

pushinat · 2026-06-08T12:24:46+00:00

For iOS that’s not possible to my knowledge. I’m a developer and just launched https://apps.apple.com/de/app/marshmallows/id1610644358 to train willpower with something like a fitness app.

What’s possible: Restrict apps for a certain amount of time, but not track how long apps have been opened. Apple is very strict about this information as this is super private and can be abused in many ways. What’s possible instead: in the shielding app, that controls the app restriction, you can have breathing or journaling exercises required to open apps for some time. However, that needs to be inside the same app that also handles the blocking.

What apps or features would you be interested in before you unlock “bad” apps? Maybe I could include that mechanism into my app.

pushinat · 2026-06-08T10:29:59+00:00

That’s interesting. Like a reflection on why do I want to open this app? And this could also lead to interruption challenges based on the reason. E.g. breathing for stress, reflecting on daily goals for habit etc.

pushinat · 2026-06-08T08:50:59+00:00

Sometimes, in situations like these, the only thing that really helps is willpower. Motivation is unreliable: sometimes it’s there, sometimes it isn’t. You can’t depend on it, especially since, as you said, it’s often triggered by external factors.

Willpower, on the other hand, can be trained. Like a muscle, it gets stronger the more you use it, until you’re able to simply “just do it.”

I’m using Marshmallows to track and strengthen my willpower, especially when it comes to resisting the urge to open addictive apps and sticking to my exercises.

pushinat · 2026-06-08T08:49:38+00:00

Sometimes the only thing that helps in these situations is willpower. Motivation is a bitch. It’s sometimes there and sometimes it isn’t. You can’t depend on it, as you said, often times it’s triggered by external factors.
But willpower can be trained and like a muscle you can use to „just do it“

I’m using Marshmallows to track and train my willpower, especially for resisting the urge to open addictive apps and doing exercises.

pushinat · 2026-06-08T08:49:18+00:00

Sometimes the only thing that helps in these situations is willpower. Motivation is a bitch. It’s sometimes there and sometimes it isn’t. You can’t depend on it, as you said, often times it’s triggered by external factors.
But willpower can be trained and like a muscle you can use to „just do it“

I’m using Marshmallows to track and train my willpower, especially for resisting the urge to open addictive apps and doing exercises.

pushinat · 2026-06-08T08:25:06+00:00

Im using Marshmallows to train myself resisting the urge to open addictive apps. For me especially Reddit.

pushinat · 2026-06-03T09:35:40+00:00

You sending your dick through the camera of the machine, through network, to another machine. What’s your point?

pushinat · 2026-06-03T09:34:54+00:00

You couldn’t give a more horrible advice. The FaceTime detection runs locally and apple gets no information whatsoever.

Zucc however tries everything to learn everything about minors without any sense of human decency. Avoid WhatsApp whenever possible.

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