Are you doing deep work?
You have too many tabs open.
80% of them are unnecessary.
You are trying to finish up a work that has been long due and sees your youtube tap open. You decide to take a break and surf Youtube, never comes back anytime soon.
You then think about some other work that is pending and when you try to focus on that, you get a notification on your WhatsApp. Since you cannot resist the urge to take a look at it, you pick up your phone and sees that it's just a random forward from your uncle to your family group. Then you unlock your phone and sees a few notifications on Instagram, opens it and somehow slides into the infinite loop of reels.
Before you realise it, you might have already spent 30 minutes in reels.
Now you feel unproductive and you lose all your motivation. Another day same pattern.
Don't fall into this tech-attention-seeking-algorithm. Disconnect yourself from all possible disturbances. Put your lap & phone on DND mode and listen to some lo-fi music in the background. You will be amazed by the focus you'll get on the job at hand.
Thank me later,
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