shovel is a productivity tool to help you go deep in your work. it aims to eliminate distractions with a sleek and simple interface that holds your tasks, notes, thoughts, and progress all in one view. create or join a room with up to 5 people to collaborate asynchronously. a daily check in button allows you to build a streak and ensures you get something done every day.

shovel puts the past, present, and future in one space so your mind can focus on the work in front of you. your goals and tasks are for future work, your work grid is for making sure you committed hours of deep work towards your goals every day, and your journal is for jogging down ideas, progress notes, and updates so that there's never too many distracting thoughts running through your mind at once.

deep work is defined as "distraction free concentration that pushes cognitive abilities to their limit." the fruits of a deep work session are usually hard to reproduce and create new value. it is also known as working in a flow state. see the book Deep Work by Cal Newport for more information.

the ability to go deep is becoming increasingly rare in the modern world due a misguided work culture of quick wins and multitasking. one who can consistently go deep has an enormous economical advantage over others because the results are meaningful and impossible to reproduce from shallow work - it often results in new insights or difficult to find solutions. deep work can also make you happier - humans are problem solvers and enjoy being challenged. the flow state is the pinnacle of this mindset and it feels good to be there, even better than relaxing.