Procrastination is the great enemy of productivity. If you’re getting more distracted than you’d like when you work or study, it’s time to take action.
No one is free from a wandering mind. And it can become a really serious problem. If you have fallen into their clutches, it is time to build MUSE, the retro PC against procrastination powered by a Raspberry Pi.
Procrastination is the art of be distracted by anything, to avoid completing an imposed task, such as a job, or studies. It is not always synonymous with laziness, or laziness. sometimes it is a mental block for fear of facing that task, or not being able to meet their goals.
It can also occur due to saturation, when you are burned out at work or studies.
exist countless methods to combat procrastination, like the popular pomodoro. They all have in common the goal of avoid distractions. And that is also what he pursues MUSE, the retro PC against procrastination.
Anyone who works or studies with a PC knows that distractions are close at hand. Mobile notifications, web pages, YouTube, TikTok… It’s easy to fall into temptation and start wasting time.
muse is a project by ThisIsTheNewSleeve, a Reddit user who wanted to build yourself a distraction-free PC.
MUSE, the PC against procrastination
decided to be inspired by typewriters of the 80s and 90swhich even today many writers still use to avoid distractions.
It consists of a mechanical keyboard that imitates a typewriter, a Rapsberry Pi, and a touch screen:

The entire case is printed with a 3D printer.but it must be said that he did not do it.
The keyboard has been commissioned from 68Keys.com, which makes open source mechanical keyboards that can be customized. And the circuitry needed to make it all fit into place, he bought from PCBWay.com,
On the Raspberry Pi you only have installed Raspberry Pi OS and a word processor. This eliminates any distraction, and concentrates better on work. In his case, writing.
If you want to build your own MUSE, the retro typewriter-shaped PC to fight procrastinationon Reddit he has posted all the schematics.