You can't learn what you can't focus on.
Focus Reset is a behavioral program built into commit_ that rebuilds your attention span, reduces digital overstimulation, and creates the cognitive conditions for real learning to happen.
Grounded in peer-reviewed research. No “dopamine detox” mythology. No willpower required. Just evidence-based habits, tracked daily.
Wellness program · not medical treatment · see science section for citations
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Example · Day 3 of 30 · scores rise as you complete daily protocols
This is a global problem hiding as a personal one.
Excessive screen time and digital overstimulation are not character flaws. They are the designed output of attention-economy platforms built by hundreds of engineers to maximise the one resource your learning needs most: your focused time. The result is a generation that wants to learn but cannot sustain the attention required to do it.
The problem commit_ solves is finishing. But the reason most users don't finish isn't curriculum quality or time availability. It's that the attention span required to absorb a 60-hour course has been fragmented by years of short-form content consumption.
Focus Reset addresses the prerequisite to learning: the cognitive capacity to actually do it. It is the program before the program.
// who this is for
If any of these is you, this is yours.
The stuck learner
You enrolled in a learning program. You want to finish it. But sessions run short, focus breaks within minutes, and you're not sure why. Focus Reset diagnoses the prerequisite: the attention span needed to actually learn.
The self-optimizer
You suspect your screen habits are capping your performance. You want data, not motivation. Focus Reset gives you a scored, trended, correlated picture of which behaviors are actually limiting your output.
The recovering scroller
4–6 hours a day on short-form content and you know it. Willpower has failed. Focus Reset uses stimulus control and behavioral replacement, the two interventions with the strongest evidence base for digital self-control.
The team or org
Engineering managers who want to give their team a focused onboarding start. Study groups competing on the same program. Focus Reset integrates with commit_'s existing group and org infrastructure.
// what's inside
Six features built on six evidence pillars.
Protocol Adherence
One honest number.
A weighted behavioral score (0–100) measuring how closely you follow your daily protocol across five domains: Focus, Restraint, Restoration, Sleep, and Body. Not a medical measurement, but a clear signal of whether your habits are moving in the right direction.
Interactive Brain Map
Visual progress you can feel.
A 5-region brain visualization that shifts from red to amber to green as your domain scores improve. Each region maps to a neuroscience-grounded behavior cluster. Tap any region to see what drives it and what to do today.
Daily Protocol
Adaptive, not overwhelming.
Five protocol cards, one per domain, with daily targets that ramp progressively over your program (14/30/90 days). Week 1 starts at 25-min focus blocks. Week 4+ targets 90 min. You pick Gentle, Standard, or Intensive track.
Automatic commit_ Integration
Study sessions count toward recovery.
Every study session you log on commit_ is automatically ingested as a Focus domain recovery event. No double entry. The correlation is shown: on days you study, your Protocol Adherence rises 2x faster on average.
Attention Span Tracking
The most honest metric in the module.
Derived entirely from your verified commit_ session data (rolling median of the last 10 sessions), not self-report. Watch your median uninterrupted focus block grow from 18 minutes to 45 minutes over 30 days.
Anti-Compulsion Design
The recovery app cannot itself be addictive.
No variable-ratio reward drops. No red notification badges. Push notifications are opt-in, capped at 2/day, and off by default. Every day has an explicit 'you're done' end-state. Designed to put the phone down.
// scientific foundation
Every feature derives from a specific study.
We don't use “dopamine detox” language because it isn't supported by evidence. The mechanism is behavioral habituation, stimulus control, and progressive attention training, all with robust peer-reviewed backing.
Attention Restoration Theory
Kaplan & Kaplan (1995) showed that directed-attention fatigue recovers through soft-fascination environments: nature walks, low-stimulation rest, deliberate quiet. Focus Reset tracks your restoration minutes as a first-class metric.
Kaplan, S. (1995). The restorative benefits of nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Stimulus Control
The strongest evidence-backed lever in digital self-control research is cue removal, not willpower. Reducing the salience of high-stimulation cues (social apps, notification badges) is more effective than resisting them.
Lyngs et al. (2019). Self-control in cyberspace. CHI Conference.
Behavioral Activation
The active ingredient of any detox is not abstinence. It's replacement. Structured, rewarding activity (like a commit_ study session) produces the same reward-circuit activation as passive scrolling, with sustainable habituation.
Dimidjian et al. (2006). Randomized trial of behavioral activation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Sleep & Executive Function
A single night below 6 hours degrades next-day focused attention by ~30%. Focus Reset tracks your screen-off-before-bed habit because improving sleep quality is the highest-leverage change available to most users.
Harrison & Horne (2000). The impact of sleep deprivation on decision making. Journal of Sleep Research.
Exercise and the Prefrontal Cortex
Aerobic exercise has the strongest causal evidence for improving working memory and cognitive inhibition of any lifestyle variable. Even 10 minutes of walking measurably improves focused attention for hours afterward.
Hillman et al. (2008). Be smart, exercise your heart. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Attention Is Trainable
Sustained attention is not a fixed trait; it is a trainable cognitive skill. Progressive overload on focus duration (25 to 40 to 90 min/day) applies the same mechanism as athletic training to your directed-attention network.
Ericsson et al. (1993). The role of deliberate practice. Psychological Review.
Honest disclaimer: Focus Reset is a wellness program, not medical treatment. Protocol Adherence is a behavioral score derived from your logged habits, not a clinical measurement. If you have concerns about attention disorders, anxiety, or substance use, please consult a healthcare professional.
// choose your program
Pick the length. We handle the rest.
Remove the biggest cue, feel the difference. Minimum effective dose for habit disruption.
Full habit formation cycle. ~21–66 day median from behavioral science. Most users see clear attention improvement.
Deep neuroplasticity work. Consolidation of all five domains. For lasting, compounding gains.
Each program is available in Gentle (–25%), Standard, or Intensive (+25%) track. Daily targets ramp progressively week-by-week. Missing days triggers automatic easing, never a broken streak.
The only recovery program that knows when you study.
Every commit_ study session is automatically counted as a Focus domain recovery event. No second app. No double logging. The more you learn, the faster your Protocol Adherence grows, and the data proves it.
No manual input. Happens on every session.
Built for the device that caused the problem.
Focus Reset is a PWA optimised for one-handed mobile use, because the morning protocol check-in happens on the same device as the scrolling. 44px tap targets. Bottom-navigation entry. Swipeable protocol cards. One-tap FAB to log any activity in under 10 seconds.
The attention span you need to finish learning already exists. You just have to stop eroding it.
Focus Reset is free, inside commit_, and takes 2 minutes to enrol. Your first Protocol Adherence score is waiting, seeded from your own assessment, and the only direction is up.
Free to use · wellness program · not medical treatment