MindBackOut - App Distraction

Block selected apps when you want some distance. Enter Backroom, take a First Move, or use App Blocking while you navigate with Mental Steps in MindEntry.

MindBackOut is a Mental Step tool for blocking apps when you need some distance.

Choose the apps. Block access for a while. Decide what happens before they become available again.

Enter Backroom. Take a First Move. Continue with Mental Steps. Or simply create some distance from selected apps.

CREATE SOME DISTANCE FROM APPS

Work apps. Social apps. Games. Messages. Anything you choose.

MindBackOut doesn't decide which apps are distractions.

You choose the apps you want some distance from and temporarily block access to them.

You are not deleting them. You are not deciding they are bad. You are simply creating a boundary for a while.

BACKROOM

Choose selected apps to block and enter Backroom.

While you are there, those apps remain unavailable.

You can give Backroom a Mental Destination — what you want this time away from the selected apps to be for.

There is no feed and nothing to perform inside Backroom.

Stay for the time you chose, then leave when the session is complete.

FIRST MOVE

Sometimes you want access to selected apps to remain blocked until you have made a specific first move somewhere else.

First Move connects MindBackOut with MindEntry.

Instead of requiring you to finish an entire destination, selected apps can remain blocked until you complete the First Move.

Make the move. Then decide what comes next.

APP BLOCKING WITH MENTAL STEPS

MindBackOut can keep selected apps blocked while Mental Steps are running in MindEntry.

When App Blocking starts, MindBackOut applies the boundary and returns you to MindEntry so you can continue navigating.

Your current Mental Steps Destination stays reflected in MindBackOut while protection is active.

When protection ends, MindBackOut removes the boundary and returns you to MindEntry.

The purpose isn't to force productivity.

You choose what you want to protect and when you want the boundary.

MINDBACKOUT INSIDE MENTAL STEPS

MindBackOut can also be used as a Mental Step within Mental Steps in MindEntry.

Mental Steps can send you into MindBackOut and then return you to the same active Mental Step when you're ready to continue.

OPTIONAL ZONE COOLDOWN

After a MindBackOut session, you can move into a quiet Zone in MindZoneOut before returning to whatever comes next.

CROSS-DIMENSIONAL HANDSHAKE

Advanced users can optionally connect Backroom and App Blocking events to HTTPS webhooks.

MINDBEBOP sends the signal. You decide where it goes.

PART OF MINDBEBOP

MINDBEBOP is a modular system designed to reduce Thought Noise, support Mental Navigation, and anchor successful mental states.

MindBackOut is one Mental Step tool within that system. It creates temporary boundaries around app access while leaving the reason for that boundary up to you.

DESIGNED TO STAY LIGHTWEIGHT

• 100% free • No subscriptions • No accounts • No tracking • No analytics • No algorithms • Everything stays on your device • Optional tips are available if you'd like to support a solo developer

MindBackOut doesn't require you to become more productive or use your time in a particular way.

Sometimes you simply want some distance from an app.

Sometimes you want to protect a First Move.

Sometimes you want a boundary around Mental Steps you're already taking.

You choose the boundary. You choose what it's for.

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