Hey Product Hunt 👋

First time launching here, excited (and a bit nervous) to share this.

Most productivity tools make you fake-productive.

They help you plan, organize, and track tasks.

But they don’t show if you actually put in the work, you set out to do.

I’ve struggled with focus for as long as I can remember.

I was diagnosed with ADD in high school.

But honestly, the label itself didn’t help much.

What did help was figuring out ways to actually deal with it.

"ADD" Thijs

In university, I tried Pomodoro.
I went to the library, doing 25-50 min sessions.
That helped tremendously.

Years later, after reading Deep Work, I came across an idea from Cal Newport:
Track focused work with simple tallies.

So I tried it myself.

Every time I focused for ~30-60 minutes,

I drew one line in a notebook.

That’s it.

No bloated system.

No pressure to have a "perfect day”.

Just:

➡️ Do one session

➡️ Draw one line

After a while, the pages filled up.

And something else happened:

Seeing the lines stack up made me want to keep going.

I didn’t want to break the chain.

Starting became easier, because I wasn’t deciding anymore.

I was just continuing.

And I noticed something uncomfortable:

I thought I was working 6-8 hours a day.

It was closer to 2-3.

Instead of thinking:

“I need to work all day”

I’d think:

“Just get one more line”

And once I started, I often kept going.

I shared this idea on Reddit recently

A lot of people resonated with it.

Turns out many of us think we’re working more than we actually are.

Which is why I built Deep Work Tally.

➡️ Start a session

➡️ Finish it
➡️ Get a tally

➡️ Repeat

➡️ Build the streak

Tracks your focused work.

Makes it visible. Keeps you consistent.

Try it for a day.

It might surprise you.

How many hours do you think you actually work?