How to be not Distracted

Checking and responding to emails even seems productive activities are distractions. Yes, those productive activities are distractions if they are not helping you achieve what you intend to do. If your goal is to spend quality dinner time with your family, then checking email is a distraction. If it is time to relax, then watching Netflix or taking a nap is not a distraction.

I am currently reading the book Indistractible by Nir Eyal. I learned that distractions are activities that move you from your tractions. It is better to define your tractions first. Be definite on what you want to achieve. After that, you can determine the activities that do not support you in achieving your goal at the moment. Those activities are distractions. We can focus more and be more productive in the absence of distractions. In the mental model of Charlie Munger, use inverse thinking. What are the activities that keep you away from your tractions?

Time Blocking and Life Domains

Nir Eyal suggested to time block in accordance with the three life domains: You, Relationships, and Work. He showed the three domains in diagrams of circle with You in the innermost of the circle followed by relationship and lastly your work. There is no relationship and work without You. Time blocking for You includes the basic way of nurturing ourselves like, eating healthy meals, sleeping, learning, and exercising. You have to put a time block on those activities.

Most people, spend a lot of time on one of those domains at the expense of the other. There are people who are so busy that they cannot give themselves time to sleep and exercise. Again, You are the foundation of other life domains. There is this saying that a sick person has only one wish and that is to get well.

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