You sit down to do the focus work and just got into the zone when you hear, BUZZ!! It's not a bee 🐝, but it's the Internet distracting you from get

4 Ways to Outsmart the Smart Devices and Take Charge of Your Focus Time!

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2021-06-04 18:00:07

You sit down to do the focus work and just got into the zone when you hear, BUZZ!! It's not a bee 🐝, but it's the Internet distracting you from getting stuff done.

The buzzing you hear can be on your smartphone, smartwatch, or an icon jumping on your menu bar. The buzz is killing your BUZZ!!

It's such a big problem that companies are building numerous tools to prevent people from getting distracted. "Helping people" (air quotes) to get down to do the focus work. But all such tools require additional setup, which is a distraction in itself. So what do you do?

Uninstall all the desktop apps like Slack, Notion, Twitter, iMessage, or anything that's jumpy. The notification causes them to jump. All these apps have an equivalently better browser experience.

Dumb-ify the smartwatch: Smartwatches have timers, a heart rate monitor, walking tracker. If you want to continue using them but not get distracted, switch on airplane mode otherwise smother them too.

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