Not Allowing Interruptions, Part 2 (TMF:2342)

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Peace to Live By: Not Allowing Interruptions, Part 2 (TMF:2342) - Daniel Litton
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       One thing I do is that when I am working on writing, for instance, I will not look at or read any text messages that come my way until my writing session is over. “How can you do that?” someone might ask. “I could never do that.” Well, it’s a matter of training your brain so that you are not lured in by the temptation to check. The thing is, our brains tell us that we need to check the message. There is a ‘high’ from checking that message. But we need to learn not to check it. The brain will lie to us and tell us we better check it because someone could need our help. There could be an emergency. But, experientially, I find that that is hardly ever the case. The brain just wants us to worry that might be the case so that we’ll check and get that checking high. I suppose someone could eliminate the temptation altogether. Perhaps a person would put their phone in airplane mode, or put it in a desk door until the working time is passed. Really, though, I think it is better for one to train oneself to just not give into the temptation if possible. By changing your setting on your phone, or moving it out of sight, one could forget to change it back or forget it altogether. It involves doing more which is probably going to become a burden in and of itself. I think the less steps the better. The point in not looking at notifications as the come to our phones is to optimize our focus. If we read the message, our attention will be split from what we are working on to whatever the person who has texted us is saying.