# pause.do

> AI-optimized mirror of pause.do containing 11 pages totalling 4,613 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://pause.do/. Last updated: 2026-05-01T01:37:05.541Z.

Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG).

## Homepage

- [site-root.html](/site-root.html) (1 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [buy-trial/index.html](/buy-trial/index.html) (1 words)
- [What's New in pause.do 0.2.5](/blog/pause-do-0-2-5-release/index.html): Breathing sounds, smarter scroll sensitivity, a 3-day free trial, and a time-tracking fix. Here's everything that changed. (680 words)
- [download/index.html](/download/index.html) (1 words)
- [Tab Freeze is here and we've removed the free trial](/blog/tab-freeze-release/index.html): Tab Freeze suspends idle tabs to free memory. Take a Break now blocks all your tabs at once with a real countdown. And the 3-day trial is gone. (793 words)
- [Pause.do vs Freedom vs Cold Turkey: Why They Solve Different Problems](/blog/pause-do-vs-freedom-vs-cold-turkey/index.html): Website blockers and friction tools aren't the same category. Here's how to choose the right approach for your situation. (874 words)
- [How to Stop Doom Scrolling (Without Blocking Your Favourite Apps)](/blog/how-to-stop-doom-scrolling/index.html): Doom scrolling is a UX problem, not a willpower problem. Here's how friction beats blocking. (855 words)
- [Think Before You Prompt](/blog/think-before-you-prompt/index.html): Why low-effort AI use is quietly eroding your ability to think, and what to do about it. (768 words)
- [Intentional browsing, AI awareness, and focus.](/blog/index.html): Guides and essays on intentional browsing, AI awareness, and reclaiming focus in a distracted world. (174 words)
- [Simple terms for a simple tool.](/terms/index.html): pause.do is a privacy-first browser extension that inserts gentle pauses before AI prompts, scrolling, and tab overload helping you reclaim focus and think with intention. (259 words)
- [Privacy Policy](/privacy/index.html): pause.do is a privacy-first browser extension that inserts gentle pauses before AI prompts, scrolling, and tab overload helping you reclaim focus and think with intention. (207 words)

## Resources

- [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata
- [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines
- [XML Sitemap](/content/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery
- [Robots.txt](/content/robots.txt): Crawler directives