Good Tech, Bad Distractions
We’re all prone to distractions, even yours truly. Unexpected things come up all the time that yank us away from what we really should be focusing on. More often than not, though, there are daily distractions that we allow to creep into our day. Some distractions have a bigger pull than others. The top two for me are e-mail and text messages. I usually stop what I’m doing to read an e-mail or see who’s texting me.
It was frustrating especially since I knew better. I know that switching between tasks is unproductive and not so nice for my brain cells. I decided to make a slight change after having a “I did a lot of stuff today but got nothing done” day. Actually, I had a couple of those days back to back.
…and they sucked. So, recently I turned off the “new mail” notification in Outlook and put my iPhone on mute at certain points during the day. It wasn’t the first time that I’d put my phone on mute, but this combined with putting my e-mail on pause, has helped me to stay focused and on task…and sane. Funny enough, I would still check for new mail during the first couple of days, and then, after a while, I forgot about it…and I got more stuff done. Less distractions + “To Do” list = a very happy & productive me.
What do you do to keep good tech from turning into bad distractions?
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