Are You Paying Attention?
Do you tend to gravitate towards a screen every time you have a spare minute? Sure, certain emails, tasks or messages can’t wait but, chances are, you’re reading newsletters that don’t really matter, window shopping for items you’ve no intention of buying, and scrolling through one-too-many social feeds. The worst part? When doing it comes at the expense of that thing you actually wanted to achieve. Familiar, eh?
To reclaim that wasted time, here’s the first thing you need to know: the easy lure of technology isn’t the whole story. “It’s too simple to say tech is ruining your brain,” says behavioural designer Nir Eyal, author of the book . He should know. In a former life, your attention nemesis, it’s up to you to take charge. “The only solution has to be that you figure out how to become indistractable,” Eyal says. But “indistractable” isn’t even a real word, we hear you say. True, but stick with us. Focus is only a few paragraphs away.
