{"id":5308,"date":"2023-02-20T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T06:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/contattoblogs.timslatter.co.za\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:30:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T06:30:52","slug":"are-you-ready-to-reduce-digital-distractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contattolive.co.za\/north\/are-you-ready-to-reduce-digital-distractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you ready to reduce digital distractions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you often reach the end of your day and feel like, regardless of how busy you\u2019ve been, you still don\u2019t feel productive?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s all too easy to begin our day in our emails and allow all the interruptions of \u2018urgent messages\u2019 to run our entire day. These digital distractions can seriously affect our productivity. The constant notifications and easy access to social media and other websites can lead to procrastination, reduced focus, and decreased efficiency. It&#8217;s important to set boundaries and limit distractions in order to be more productive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asana, the project management tool, often talks about productivity on their website and in one article they share how digital distractions can be the arch-nemesis of deep work (focussed, uninterrupted work).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to them, distraction\u2014especially of the digital variety\u2014is more common than ever in today\u2019s fast-paced work environment. At a time when 80% of knowledge workers report working with their inbox open and nearly three in four employees feel pressure to multitask every day, avoiding digital distractions can seem nearly impossible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, minimising distractions is still doable with a few simple strategies:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Turn off notifications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sounds, banners, and notifications flashing across your screen have a negative impact on focus and can quickly jolt you out of deep work. When you\u2019re trying to focus, use Do Not Disturb mode or snooze notifications for your phone and any communication apps you use. Or to really disconnect, close your email and messaging apps completely. Remember that you can always check notifications during your next focus break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Make depth your default.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of living in a distracted state and wrangling your brain into focus mode to complete tasks, schedule focus breaks\u2014times when you allow yourself to take a break and give in completely to distractions. You can use this strategy during your workday or in your personal life. For example, you could schedule a focus break after work when you\u2019re allowed to browse the internet and scroll through social media\u2014then turn your undivided attention to cooking dinner, watching a movie, or talking with loved ones.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Choose your tools wisely<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Asana\u2019s research, the average knowledge worker switches between 10 apps 25 times per day to do their work\u2014and employees who switch between apps are also more likely to struggle with effectively prioritising their work. But just because a tool exists doesn\u2019t mean you have to use it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lighten your tech stack as much as possible!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, let\u2019s not forget that one of the reasons all these interruptions exist is because of FOMO. We need to decide if we will let the fear of missing out run our day and leach our productivity, or if we will be ready to reduce digital distractions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital distractions drain our creativity, our energy and our focus and the key to being more productive lies in managing them more wisely.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you often reach the end of your day and feel like, regardless of how busy you\u2019ve been, you still don\u2019t feel productive? 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