I often use timers and alarms either on my casio or on my laptop as reminders for this or that. I routinely get so carried away by whatever I'm doing that I don't notice when the sound alert plays. Sometimes, when I realize later on that the bell already went off, I can recall hearing it earlier, as if it were a faint memory from a half-forgotten dream.

Can anyone recommend an iPhone app to do the same? I am literally keeping around an old tablet for running https://codeberg.org/tslocum/meditationassistant.git F-droid app in my meditation room.

I tried web apps before but iOS would cut them off when the phone went to sleep.

Well I heard there were actually two of these.

Love it. Especially the random interval. Wondering if anyone has ever proposed doing this whenever you get a text or social media alert. Seems ridiculous I guess but why not?

Is anyone else obsessed with bells? I fucking love bells. Genuinely my favorite thing in the world is finding big bells and sitting somewhere near them while they're struck. I really want to explore this interest more some day, like if I get hella rich I'm gonna have some fucknormous bell forged. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bqpHuloKZs

The default settings are interesting. Are there people doing this every 15 minutes, daily? And otherwise live a "modern" life?

I don't meditate or actively practice mindfulness, the thought of it kind of gives me anxiety in a "I don't have time for that, gotta keep moving" way (though I do daydream and stare into space a lot, but is that mindfulness or the opposite?). In that sense I would almost consider this a form of torture, it's such a short interval, feels like it would always be on my mind (but that's the point?).

What is the relationship between mindfulness and deep focus, are they at odds or complementary?

I use a Mac menubar app called "Mindful Mynah". Plays a bell (or any system sound) at regular or 'fuzzy' intervals.

Mindful Notifier on F-Droid serves a similar function and works great.

It's amazing the relief that such sound can bring

I do this on macOS with cron and `afplay`