I kept doing the same thing. Open X for “one minute.” Break flow. Come back 20 minutes later. Context gone. So I stopped trying to rely on discipline and built enforcement. Monk Mode for Mac is a system-level focus tool that blocks specific apps/websites during a focus session. Not hide. Not remind. Block. If you choose to enter a session: • Selected apps/websites are force-terminated • Relaunch attempts get shut down • Distraction becomes friction The goal is not motivation. It’s environment control. What surprised me while building it: macOS does not make real blocking easy. Handling process relaunch behavior and edge cases took more effort than the UI itself. I also started adding lightweight structure around focus instead of turning it into a dopamine game.…