Weapons in the battle of distraction
Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 11:35AM Imagine wearing a huge motorcycle helmet that blocks the ‘out there’ and let’s you focus on the ‘in here’.
It has a screen, noise cancelling everything and lets you get on with it, minus distractions.
This seemingly crazy idea from 2017 was earlier considered by SciFi Pioneer Hugo Gernsback in the 1920s.
‘The Isolator’ as it was called earlier, was designed to block out the distractions that are all too familiar to us.
But distraction isn’t new and even medieval monks complained that they were distracted and ‘rendered unproductive’.
Expecting to be able to work or focus undistracted for hours on end is too high a standard to reach for.
Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, there is always distraction available.
Our own minds (thinking) and our own interruptions (oh look, kitty wants to play) are contributors to what frustrates our expectation for endless focus.
The most successful modern anti-distraction tool is ‘the timebox’ or Pomodoro. Set a timer and focus until it goes off.
25, 30, 45, 50 minutes
Try it. I’ll wait here for you.
❓What tools or techniques do you use?
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