FoQus
Gather your thoughts, return to calm.
FoQus gives you a short, private reset where you can gather scattered thoughts, breathe or simply pause, and return to what comes next with less mental noise.
Built to strengthen your attention, not compete for it.
FoQus is currently being tested with a small group of users as we learn which reset styles, interactions, and configurations are genuinely useful.
FoQus is a recreational attention reset.
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Why FoQus exists
Sometimes your attention needs somewhere to settle before you move on.
Between tasks, meetings, study, decisions, and everyday demands, attention can become scattered and mentally crowded. FoQus creates a short, bounded space to pause, notice what is asking for attention, reduce unnecessary stimulation, and return more intentionally.
FoQus does not ask you to clear your mind, perform well, or reach a particular state. You can interact, breathe, observe, or simply do nothing for a few minutes.
Mate clears the list.
FoQus clears your head.
One to five minutes between two tasks. There is a rhythm in the middle to breathe with, and the things rattling around behind your eyes — a task, a worry, an idea, a decision you keep not making — come in one at a time as lights you gather into it. You are not watching anything and nobody is talking to you. You are putting your own thoughts down.
01A rhythm, not an instructor
One breathing cadence in the centre and everything moves with it. No voice telling you how you should be feeling, no soundtrack you have to like, nothing to configure before it works.
02You settle them yourself
A task, a worry, an idea, a decision you have been avoiding, or plain noise — each becomes a light you take hold of and put down. That is why it lands differently from being told to relax.
03Nothing is kept and nothing is scored
No usage data, no training on what you gathered, no streaks, no badges and no notification asking where you have been. Non-addictive by design, under the same data pledge that governs Mate.
A calm reset between tasks, not a medical intervention. FoQus makes no health claims, is not therapy, and is not a substitute for professional support.
Start with an intention
What would help right now?
A FoQus session can begin with one simple, optional question: What would help right now?
Your choice can shape the suggested reset without defining how you feel. You can also skip the question completely.
Clear some mental space
Prepare to focus
Settle after something
Gather scattered thoughts
Make space around a decision
Slow down
Just pause
Not sure
Choose how you want to reset
Some moments call for interaction. Others call for nothing at all.
Guided Interactive
Quiet Interactive
Guided Ambient
Silent Ambient
Duration
Choose 1, 3, or 5 minutes.
Three minutes can be the default, but the session should always feel bounded and easy to leave.
1 minute
3 minutes
Default can be three minutes
5 minutes
Attention objects
A simple visual language for what is occupying your attention
FoQus can represent things asking for your attention as soft visual objects, such as bubbles. An object might represent a task, thought, worry, person, idea, decision, reminder, feeling, or simply something you have not yet named.
FoQus does not decide what an object means. You do.
You can define what these actions mean for you. Closing a bubble should not automatically mean the same thing for everyone.
Gather
Set aside
Let it float
Carry forward
Configuration
Make the reset yours without configuring everything every time.
Highly configurable underneath, simple on the surface. FoQus can remember behavioural preferences so repeat sessions require less setup.
Interactive or ambient
Session focus and prompts
1, 3, or 5 minutes
Soundscape or silence
Visual theme
Reduced motion and accessibility preferences
Design principles
Designed to reduce pressure rather than create more of it
Slow and predictable visuals
No performance pressure
A reset that ends
Privacy conscious by design
Breathing
Breathe with FoQus, or do not.
FoQus can offer a gentle breathing rhythm, including a slower exhale pattern, but there is no requirement to follow it precisely. You can follow the cue closely, follow it loosely, or simply breathe naturally.
No breath scores, no breath holding requirement, and no claim that one breathing pattern is correct for everyone.
Sound
Silence is a complete FoQus experience. Sound is optional.
Choose silence or a low distraction soundscape that fits the kind of reset you want, such as natural ambience, spacious textures, warm tones, or sparse sound.
Where enabled, sound can respond gently to visual interaction without claiming to know what you feel.
Returning
Return without turning the reset into another task.
At the end, FoQus can simply show what you chose to gather, set aside, leave open, or carry forward. There is no score and no judgement about whether the session was successful.
If something still matters, you may choose to keep one thought or note. Future versions may optionally allow you to pass something into Mate.
Ready to return?
- Yes
- A little more ready
- About the same
- Not yet
- Skip
Capability transfer
The long term goal is to need FoQus less, not more.
FoQus is designed as an external scaffold for a process you can gradually internalise: pause, notice what is asking for attention, represent it mentally, choose how to relate to it, settle, and return.
Stage 1
Use the full visual canvas.
Stage 2
Use fewer prompts and lighter guidance.
Stage 3
Use a minimal canvas or audio only.
Stage 4
Close your eyes and recreate the process mentally.
FoQus should optimise for capability transfer, not time spent.
Triggers
Use FoQus when it helps, not because it demands attention.
You start FoQus manually by default. Optional reminders can later support moments you choose, such as after meetings, before focused work, or when switching between activities. FoQus should never claim to know that you are stressed simply from your behaviour.
Privacy
Private by default where possible
FoQus is designed to keep personal data limited and to preserve guest and local use wherever those modes provide enough value.
Guest sessions
Guest sessions can remain temporary.
Local preferences
Local preferences can remain on the device where supported.
Accounts
A basic account should only be required where an account genuinely provides value. Creating an account should not automatically upload private session history or turn it into a profile.
FoQus learns your preferences.
It may remember preferred durations, modes, sounds, themes, or commonly skipped prompts. These preferences can make repeat sessions require less setup.
Safety and boundaries
Use FoQus within its recreational boundaries.
Not for safety-critical tasks: FoQus should not be used when active attention is required for physical safety.
Visual sensitivity: Slow-moving visuals are paired with strong reduced-motion and accessibility controls; use those controls or leave the session if needed.
Strictly recreational: FoQus is intended for recreational use.
Help us understand what makes a reset genuinely useful.
FoQus is currently being tested with early users. We are learning whether the attention object metaphor is immediately understandable, which reset modes are useful, where configuration becomes distracting, and whether the process helps people return with greater self direction.