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Too many people sleep on this feature

• 🤷🏼‍♂️ WHY use Focus Modes? WHAT are they?

• ⚙️ Learn HOW TO SET UP Focus Modes.

• 📱 See TWO ESSENTIAL FOCUS MODES.

Why & What 🤷🏼‍♂️

We live life creating physical boundaries so that we can hone our focus and dedicate attention to what is immediately present.

It would be really difficult to focus on work if your friends and family, or a random advertiser, could physically pop out of nowhere and stop what you were working on. Or imagine if you were enjoying family dinner and suddenly a customer demanded that you meet with them, and a work project replaced the plate on your table! Digital boundaries accompany those physical boundaries, they enable you to avoid those above scenarios.

Focus Modes are filters that make sure you are only notified when the particular notification really matters! No need to download anything extra, these are settings baked right into your phone.

How to Set Up ⚙️

• Head to Settings

• Scroll until you see “Focus” - Moon icon right under Notifications.

• You’ll already have a few automatically created, ready for customization.

• Tap to edit the following…

  • People - Who can or cannot contact you.

  • Apps - Which ones can or cannot send notifications to you.

  • Options - Various adjustments (like hiding the red notification badges).

  • Customize Screens - Set specific screen layouts to swap in with the focus (like a work screen for the Work Focus, containing only work apps).

  • Set a Schedule - Create a standard schedule to automatically enable your various Focus Modes.

  • Focus Filters - Various additional filters (like perhaps you need your Email but ONLY a specific inbox).

Essential Focus Modes 📱

DO NOT DISTURB
- People: None
- Apps: None
- Options: Hide Badges
- Schedule: Everyday, prep before bed and on through the night (mine is 10pm - 7pm)

WORK
- People: Spouse & Coworkers Allowed
- Apps: Work Apps & Finance Apps Allowed
- Options: DON’T HIDE Badges (because you need to see them on messages, work apps, etc.)
- Schedule: Work Hours

These you can trigger manually outside of their normal schedule. So if you ever need to trigger DND during the day, you totally can!

Start with those two essentials and then have fun making more! I also have a Deep Work Focus and a Personal Focus.

🌟 TOP PICKS & BEHIND THE SCENES

While making this issue I discovered that you can hold Option ⌥ and click the Date/Time on your computer to instantly toggle Do Not Disturb!

Raycast Focus

I love this free Raycast feature because it acts like an EXTRA filter that I can instantly lay on top of my standard Focus Modes. It will prevent notifications (maybe you’re at work and allow Slack in your Focus Mode… but you need an hour of extreme focus without even THOSE notifications). It will also block you from opening specified applications that you pick.

Check out Raycast HERE; and if you ever upgrade to Pro use that same link to get a referral discount 😎