
In the office but off emails

I remember times when I was perfectly content doing things by myself - no internet required. I used to listen to music in the background, yes, the same CD would play in a loop while I got lost reading, making something, writing something, cleaning or tidying. Now I don’t have a CD player, music has most of the time been replaced by someone presenti
... See moreConsider the archetypal case of being lured from your work by social media: It’s not usually that you’re sitting there, concentrating rapturously, when your attention is dragged away against your will. In truth, you’re eager for the slightest excuse to turn away from what you’re doing, in order to escape how disagreeable it feels to be doing it; yo
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