Monk mode is simple: cut the noise for a fixed sprint. No feeds, no drinking, no entertainment — one goal until the window closes.
The idea is sound. Removing choices beats out-willing them, and people who look disciplined have usually arranged their environment to fight fewer battles.
But monk mode is almost always announced to nobody and abandoned to nobody. Day four you allow one exception. Day six the sprint is over, and no one ever knew it began.
A thirty-day sprint with five to eight witnesses fails differently. Your streak is public. Break the rule and the number goes to zero in front of people who are still holding theirs.
Pick your sprint length today and tell a group, not your notes app.