Come study with me: How a virtual buddy might help you get things done [Video]

It’s no secret that we live in an age of near-constant digital distractions. Between texts, direct messages, push alerts and other diversions and interruptions, it can be really hard to focus and get stuff done.

However, some folks are using their digital devices to increase their focus and productivity — borrowing a technique often used by people with ADHD. Real-time videos of people studying, working or cleaning are getting tens of millions of views.

Back when Jen Simon of South Orange, N.J., was a teenager, she and her sister both struggled with getting things done.

“My mom figured out my sister had undiagnosed ADHD,” Simon says, “and she figured out some hacks — before they were called hacks — to work with my sister. When she had to do something like clean her room or put away her clothes or whatever it was, my mom would sit with her. She …