Focus – Guided Work Sessions

A focused productivity companion for creators, freelancers, and thinkers who thrive with gentle structure. This template guides users through timed work sessions, intentional goal setting, and reflective check-ins - helping them build a personal practice of deep work and self-awareness.

Build a minimalist focus session tool to help users structure deep work and reflection.

The flow starts with a short intention form:

• What will you work on?

• What does success look like?

• How long will it take?

Once started, the user is taken into a fullscreen timer view. Add subtle animations, soft sounds, and “pause” functionality.

When the timer ends, transition into a reflection screen. Ask:

• Did you complete what you intended?

• How focused were you?

• Any thoughts or learnings?

Reflections are saved to a personal log. Include a simple dashboard view with a session list, summary stats (e.g. total focused hours this week), and space for long-term work goals.

Visual direction: clean, soft, modern. Think Rise calendar’s elegance meets Centered’s breathing room.

Suggested fonts:

• Headings- DM Serif Display or Playfair Display

• Body- Manrope or Inter

Color palette:

• Off-white or very light gray background

• Black/charcoal text

• Light blue or coral accent

Add a splash screen or landing view with a quote about focused work. Include Supabase for auth and session logging. Optional: add light/dark mode toggle.

Fast session creation

Timer with pause/resume

Reflection after each session

Session log with date and time

Weekly summary insights

Supabase authentication + data storage

Optional dark mode

Customizable theme and font pairings

This template strikes a balance between function and feeling. It was inspired by tools like Centered and Rise, but built with a lighter emotional tone. Typography plays a big role here, headings use an expressive serif (like Playfair Display) while body text stays super readable with Manrope.

The timer view uses fullscreen focus to remove distractions. The dashboard avoids gamification, instead leaning into calm visual summaries.

If Supabase isn’t connecting, make sure the tables sessions and reflections are created with proper columns (start_time, end_time, focus_rating, etc.)

Keep reflection fields short and sweet, no one wants a full journal after a work sprint

Test how the timer feels with different durations. For real flow, it should disappear, not demand attention.

Consider progressive disclosure, keep the interface minimal until a session is active