INSTATE Focus Timer & Tasks

INSTATE is a focus timer that puts you inside a role world. Choose a world, bring the task in front of you, and work for about 30 minutes.

It is not another countdown. Four first-person spaces make "I am sitting here" something you can feel: a commander at a map table, a sniper holding an observation post, a zen practitioner facing a quiet courtyard, a writer at a desk with a blank first draft.

FOUR ROLE WORLDS
Commander - see the situation clearly and make trade-offs. For tangled requirements, project plans, and complex problems.
Sniper - steady, patient, one target at a time. For drills, proofreading, and work that has to be checked.
Zen - step back from your own reaction. For relationship strain, design trade-offs, and reading.
Writer - let a first draft exist. For articles, reports, and scripts.

THE FOCUS SCREEN DOES FOUR THINGS
The full role space, the one-line title of your current task, remaining time you can read from a desk distance, and one short piece of content with a real source. No feed, no leaderboard, no quiz you have to answer.

REAL SOURCES, NOT INVENTED QUOTES
Every piece is labelled as a quotation, a translation, a historical note, or a method note, with the person, work, and year attached. Tap to read the original text, the source link, and the context. Only sourced material enters the rotation.

A QUIET ROTATION
A 30-minute session shows the first piece on entry, then replaces it at minutes 6, 12, 18, and 24, with a one-second cross-fade. Nothing moves, nothing chimes, nothing steals focus. Pin the current piece, or open the source at any time.

TASKS AND TIMING
Create, edit, complete, undo. 30 minutes by default, with 20 / 45 / 60 also available, and your last choice remembered. When time is up the task is not marked done for you - you confirm Complete or Continue next time. Switch role mid-session and your task and remaining time stay with you. An optional five-minute break follows, and break time is not counted against the task.

A LIGHT COMPANION ON YOUR WRIST
Instead of lighting up your phone again, glance at your watch. The current task, the remaining time, and start / pause / resume / end all work from the watch. The phone keeps the full world; the watch keeps only what is necessary and one short line.

YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE
Tasks, completion, role preference, and focus records are stored locally. No account, no sign-in, nothing uploaded. No ads, and your task text is never read to guess how you feel.

Enter a world, change your state, do the thing in front of you.

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