Hyperfocus 2 for macOS • Microtasking & Screen Ergonomics

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Hyperfocus 2 for macOS • Microtasking & Screen Ergonomics

After feeling indestructible in my early 20s and coding in front of the screen every day and night... I encountered my first RSI at 25. I ended up with multiple muscle knots in the shoulder blade area and a neuralgia that randomly and suddenly struck the center of my head anytime during the day. Since the neuralgia pain felt like no other pain I've experienced before, I've started scheduling doctor appointments right away. This was just the beginning of a dark period of burning money with different doctors, therapists, and procedures trying to find a cure... MRIs, dry needling, kinesiotherapy, muscle tapes, massages, daily swimming. Absolutely nothing worked. I felt pressured to quit my job since I felt like I was underperforming because of the pain, and fell straight into a burnout phase filled with health anxiety. I took a couple of months off work and invested in redesigning my workspace with ergonomics in mind. I even bought and tried to learn the ErgoDox EZ, but it was all in vain. The pain was not going away. Struggling through and trying to find my own answers, everything changed after I've read John E. Sarno's "Healing Back Pain" book... it just made everything tick and gave me some confidence that there's a way out. With the new desk ergonomics, the insight from the book, and a different way of working, it all returned to normal. The neuralgia has been gone ever since. I still get a slight discomfort in my shoulder blade when I get super stressed, but it now feels helpful, just like an alarm saying, "Hey, you're doing it wrong again." Hyperfocus is the brainchild of everything laid out above. It started as a simple way of forcing myself to take breaks, but eventually became what it is today, a way to force you out of focus and to help you get back into it seamlessly. A companion for your work day and a boost for your productivity and performance.