I open my eyes to see my studio filled with the glaring bright sunlight tearing in between my curtains.

It takes a couple of seconds to realize my alarm clock hasn’t gone off yet… Or did I sleep through it? Shit.

I reach for my phone, asking myself “Did I miss it? Please please please.”

8:02 AM.

Phew. Good.

I can still make it to the 10 AM meeting.

What 10 AM meeting? Well, it’s not for work. It’s a Saturday today.

A few months back, I stumbled across something that made me commit to being productive on weekends.

The commitment is real. I go to sleep on Friday night with the meeting in my mind.

Sleeping in on weekends, waking up to have a brunch? Bye bye~

This is something I really don’t want to miss.

Because if I miss it, I will be letting myself down.

Focusmate

I was really skeptical when I first tried this, but I want to be open-minded and gave it a go couple months ago.

Now it’s a part of my life.

Weekend mornings, I will open up my dashboard, click on the Play button, bringing up the video chat. After a briefing on what we are going to work on, both me and my “focusmate” get to work.

No chit-chat.

No networking.

Just a straight-up “Hi, how are you. I’m going to be working on [my online course / blog / research]. Good luck”

So simple.

Yet so effective.

I love it.

I drag the video chat window to a corner on my secondary monitor.

For the next 50 minutes, my focus is at an ultimate high. Time flies by. I get shit done.

Then the alarm rings, signaling that the session is over. Me and my focusmate exchange cordial bye-byes, and I am back to reality.

I take a moment to admire the work I got done. Not a bad start to my Saturday.

I schedule another session for Sunday at the same time, and move on with my day at a productive and alert state.

How does it work

1. Create an account
2. Book a session
3. Click the play button on the session at the time of meeting
4. Say hi, state what you are going to work on, then get to work!

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Hopefully, you will find this as helpful as it was for me.

That’s all. Happy focusing!