Pat Tompkins

Pat Tompkins

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Focus for Change is a focus timer where completing sessions funds real charitable donations. Every 25+ minute session donates $0.05 to your chosen cause: ocean plastic removal, hunger relief, or mental health support. Forest proved millions will pay for gamified focus. We built the version with real cause choice and verified donations. Free to try. Pro is $3.99/month for unlimited sessions and real donations.
Focus for Change
Focus for ChangeA focus timer that turns sessions into charitable donations
Pat Tompkinsstarted a discussion

I love building things. I hate talking about them.

Hey everyone, I'm Pat. I've spent over a decade designing engagement systems for the mobile game and online casino industries. The irony of being good at getting other people's attention while being deeply uncomfortable asking for my own is not lost on me. So I'm starting with Focus for Change. Focus sessions that fund real charitable donations. It's the thing I'm most proud of building and...

Pat Tompkinsstarted a discussion

Would you focus more if your productivity funded something real?

For over a decade I designed retention systems for the casino industry. Variable rewards, streak mechanics, loss aversion triggers. I got very good at keeping people engaged with things that weren't good for them. At some point that stopped sitting right with me. Focus for Change is me asking: what if the same behavioral loops pointed somewhere useful? You complete a focus session, real money...