Ahora: ¿en qué estás pensando?

Ahora is a gentle interruption.

A few times a day, at moments you can't predict, a nudge arrives with a single word: Ahora. Open it and a blank box appears: what are you thinking? You write it down (or dictate it) and, when you're done, the app asks one question: was that thought useful?

Answer yes and it goes to your journal. Answer no and it's gone. No trace.

Almost every app uses notifications to take your attention. Ahora uses them to give it back: it breaks the autopilot, makes you look at what you were thinking, and decide whether it deserved your head. Over time, the journal holds only the thoughts you chose to keep; and the act of letting the others go is, in itself, the practice.

• You choose how many times a day (one to six) and between which hours. The exact moment is up to chance: you never know when it's coming.
• One box, no frills: type or dictate. Speech recognition runs on your iPhone, sending nothing to any server.
• One question when you're done. Yes, to the journal; no, let it go.
• A journal with what you decided to keep, with date and time, to read back whenever you like.
• No accounts, no network, no ads, no tracking. Everything lives on your phone.
• No streaks, no goals, no badges. Nothing to keep up with: just stop for a moment when it asks.

For anyone who feels their phone steals their attention and wants it back, without adding another obligation to the day