So I have been working on my first chrome extension, and I am at a point where I think it's 'ready' to be used by some first test users. Finding people to test it is not easy, but I have got 2 signups for the beta version so I will try my luck with them.
I started building it because I noticed that a lot of people seemed to have trouble with stopping to work when working from home. They just couldn't find a 'reason to stop', or just didn't get any signals that they should wrap up for the day. On the other hand, for some people it seems impossible to understand why it would be so difficult to stop working. "when it's 5pm I just close the laptop and I am done for the day". Sounds so easy right? Well for some people it really isn't and I built this for them.
When I imagined a solution for this, I just wanted it to be like having a caring companion that checks in with you and helps you to stop. I think I got pretty close to that with this first version. If you work from home and struggle to switch off at the end of the day, I'd love for you to try it and tell me if it actually helps. Happy to set you up with access.