Instead of FocusMate, try Flow.Club. I like it tons better, and it's been insanely motivating for me. Basically in Flow.Club, you sign up for zoom-type calls, in which everybody writes up their tasks for the hour (you can be private by just using acronyms or abbreviations for your tasks). You spend 5 minutes with the host going around, asking people what their tasks are, then 50 minutes muted, then 5 minutes where the host asks everyone how they did. It really works for me. $40 a month, $20 if you do some hosting.
I'll have a look at Flow.Club. Focusmate is cheaper, but doesn't have the hosting part. I had some experience with the hosting concept, and indeed, it works pretty well.
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