Indistractable

“People prefer doing to thinking, even if what they are doing is so unpleasant that they would normally pay to avoid it. The untutored mind does not like to be alone with itself.”

one thing is for certain: I won’t do what I want to do if I’m not in the right place at the right time,

Most people don’t want to acknowledge the uncomfortable truth that distraction is always an unhealthy escape from reality.

STEP 2: WRITE DOWN THE TRIGGER

only touch each email twice. The first time we open an email, before closing it, answer this question: When does this email require a response? Tagging each email as either “Today” or “This Week” attaches the most important information to each new message, preparing it for the second (and last) time we open it.

temptation bundling” and can be used whenever we want to use the rewards from one behavior to incentivize another. In my case, the articles I save to Pocket are my rewards for exercising.

The idea here is to find the best time and place to do the things you want to do. Just

Being indistractable means striving to do what you say you will do.

STEP 4: BEWARE OF LIMINAL MOMENTS Liminal moments are transitions from one thing to another throughout our days.