Flora and How You Can Better Yourself and the Planet at the Same Time

I started using an app called Flora a few months ago during exams. When I have a task that requires all of my focus, and as a new (!!) university student that is studying, I use flora to make sure I don't get distracted by social media or any messages on my phone. You can choose the amount of time to be focused for, and you can't use your phone during that time. You get a notification once your time is done, and  it shows you a little tree that you have now added to your garden. If you use your phone before your time is over, the tree you were growing is killed (but don't worry they don't actually kill a real tree.) Speaking of real trees, for a very low price, Flora will plant real trees for a certain amount of hours you spent focused! So you're bettering yourself AND the planet! Today, by reading a chapter of a textbook, I planted a tree in Senegal!




I also really like that you can connect with friends on the app and even invite them to focus at the same time as you. You can view how long and how often your friends have been focused for and it helps create a little bit of friendly competition, so you and your friends can lift each other up by bettering yourselves together. This app helped me survive high school, and I've now taken it with me to university. As someone who is very environmentally-conscious, this app gives me the best of both worlds. It gives me comfort that I am doing my part to help the earth, and also gives me comfort that I am investing precious time into my education to better myself. It's completely free, and I highly recommend it to anyone, whether you are a student, or you work, or even if you enjoy to unplug while cooking, gardening, or spending precious moments with friends and family! It is available on the iTunes app store and is completely free- just visit https://flora.appfinca.com to download it! Get productive and get environmentally conscious for free.

That's https://flora.appfinca.com for you.



Farah :)