my latest self realized regret is how i’ve succumb to distractions becoming a habit of my inattention. that may sound like a fluffed way of saying i don’t like getting distracted, but i specifically am saying i don’t enjoy the conditioning that comes with it.
often times when focusing on a task i will zoom out for a second just to think. when my phone is nearby, this becomes an almost instinct like motion of reaching for it and checking something. stopping for a moment to collect your thoughts is all fine and well, but to get immediately sidetracked is a big bad.
anyone familiar with the flow state knows this. that allowing your brain options to escape your task will inevitably lead to losing your thought process. your brain wants to do the least possible and reap the most reward. if you want to focus, you can’t let the automatic mind control happen. you need to remove the causes so that the conditioning doesn’t begin.
it depends on whether the task at hand is actually important to you. if you want to be able to switch on the best version of yourself, it requires at least this level of discipline. even thinking of wanting to pull out your phone or switching tabs to reddit while working is enough to hamper your best self. it takes real grit to get through that in this digital age.