A website blocker only helps on the days you remember to turn it on. If starting a session is a manual step at the beginning of your workday, the mornings you're rushed, distracted, or already behind — exactly the mornings a blocker would help most — are also the mornings you're most likely to skip it entirely.
The fix is to stop relying on remembering. A recurring schedule starts the block for you, so the habit doesn't depend on your state of mind at 9am.
Why Manual Starts Fail Quietly
Nobody decides to stop using a blocker outright — it just fades. One busy morning you skip it "just this once," and once the pattern of skipping starts, it's easy to keep skipping without a deliberate decision either way. A few weeks later you're not using it at all, without ever having chosen to stop.
Scheduling It So You Don't Have To
Lock In! supports recurring focus sessions on Mac, so your website and app blocking can start automatically at set times rather than depending on you remembering each morning.
Set It Once for Your Work Hours
Configure a recurring session for your typical work block — say, 9am to 1pm on weekdays — and the blocking activates on schedule without any daily setup on your part.
Consistency Without Relying on Memory
Because the schedule runs independently of your morning state of mind, a rushed or distracted start to the day doesn't mean the blocking gets skipped. The system does what your memory might not.
Adjust Without Losing the Habit
Meetings and exceptions happen — you can still start an unscheduled session or end one early if genuinely needed, without abandoning the recurring schedule for every other day.
Stats Show Whether the Schedule Is Sticking
The daily stats chart makes it easy to see if scheduled sessions are actually running consistently, so you catch a slipping habit before it becomes a forgotten one.
Set it up once, let it run every day after. Get Lock In! on the Mac App Store