Here’s a thing I used to do, that I’ll be doing again: telling you a little about a useful writing tool that I use in my day-to-day life.

I try to write every day. Well, technically, every night (daytime is busy busy busy). If you, as a person who exists in the same physical universe as me, and under the constraints of linear time, is probably aware, sometimes it can be damned hard to focus.

Like, sit down at your computer. Words don’t immediately begin to flow? Check Twitter. Browse your tabs. Oh, wait, what time is it? Crap. Well, you can always finish that chapter tomorrow.

But.

But what if you could turn off your internet for an hour or two? No, you don’t have to tick off the family by unplugging your router, you just have to install Freedom.

What’s it do? Just what the label says. Start a session, tell it how long to go for, and you’re free to work distraction-free until the session ends.

It’s great. No, it’s the best.

Now, you can use it just like that — start a session, write, go back online — or you can work with some high-end features. You can install it on your phone. Your tablet. You can schedule sessions ahead of time. You can single-out certain apps to work and others to be offline.

Yeah, it’s fantastic.

So: Freedom. Great writing tool. If you’ve never heard of it, now you have. And if you’re reading this when you should be writing, maybe download it and give it a try.