About Drift
A pause between impulse and action
How it works
You feel the urge to do something—check social media, buy something, open an app you've already closed twice. Instead of doing it, you open Drift. Type what you want to do. Choose how long to wait. Then wait.
That's it. Just wait.
When the time's up, decide: do you still want to? Often the impulse has faded. Sometimes it hasn't, and that's fine. Either way, you made a choice instead of just reacting.
Why bother
The gap between impulse and action is where choice lives. Most software eliminates that gap as fast as possible. Drift puts it back.
This isn't about willpower. It's about giving yourself a moment to notice whether you actually want something, or just felt pulled toward it. There's a difference. Hard to tell which is which when everything happens instantly.
What Drift won't do
No accounts. No tracking. No streaks. No achievements. No social features. Nothing leaves your device. Drift doesn't want your attention. It wants to give it back.
If you stop using it because you don't need it anymore, that's success.
Bookmarklet
Drag this link to your bookmarks bar for a quick pause button:
Drag it to your bookmarks bar, or right-click and "Bookmark This Link"
Tell someone
If you want to tell someone:
If you want the longer version of why this exists, there's a manifesto.