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+type: idea
+title: cookedness tracker
+tags: [focus, productivity, software]
+status: raw
+first_captured: 2025-10-16
+updated: 2026-04-10
+sources:
+ - sources/apple-notes/archived/cookedness-tracker.md
+---
+
+# cookedness tracker
+
+a little mental game you play every 5 minutes that checks if you are "cooked" (unfocused/distracted) and then you go reset. acknowledged: "defs distracting" as a concept. "better alternatives?" left as open question.
+
+connects to [[pause|Pause]] as a simpler version and to the [[universal-habits|universal habits]] system for the broader intervention framework.
+
+---
+
+## timeline
+
+- [2025-10-16] captured — self-check for focus, acknowledged paradox of distraction