Reduce the dopamine spike you get when you look at your phone.
Break the addiction.
On iOS: 1. Go to Settings 2. Accessibility 3. Display & Text Size 4. Color Filters --> Grayscale
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2. Declutter your home screen
This ever happen to you?
- You need to do something on your phone
- Open your home screen
- Get distracted by an app/notification
- Forget why you opened your phone in the first place
I overhauled my home screen with some minimal widgets.
3. Turn off all (non-emergency) notifications
It takes up to 23 minutes to regain focus after a distraction.
Keep notifications on if you want to invite constant distraction into your work sessions.
1. Failure to address rising ADHD rates 2. Not enough time for kids to play freely 3. Not enough sleep 4. Too many harmful chemicals 5. Too much distracting technology 6. Too much information, too fast
2. Deep Work by Cal Newport
How to accomplish Deep Work:
1. Figure out your most important task/goal 2. Block out time to work on it each day (earlier = better) 3. Remove potential distractions, only work on this SINGLE task