Eliminate distractions and become more productive

Be distraction-free and concentrate.

  📌Clear your environment off distractions so you can focus on your goals without interruptions. 

Why you should ensure distractions-free : 

1. Distractions can divert your attention away from your goals, thus low attention span making it hard to stay engaged in tasks that require sustainable focus. Imagine doing an important task and then you get a negative text on your phone, this will definitely make your focus divert from the task and start thinking other things.

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 2. Distractions lead to not using your time and energy efficiently thus reduced productivity and slow progress towards your goals. 

 3. Distractions lead to poor quality of work. Due to divided focus, mistakes are likely to happen that would have not happened if you just first concentrated on one task at a time. Example if you try washing dishes while you are using a phone, the probability of dropping and breaking those dishes and utensils is very high, and that can be blamed on you.

 4. Distractions lead to delayed completion of tasks. A task that may have taken a shorter time to finish can take longer if distractions and interruptions occur. Doing a task and before completing you get a distraction will make your mind waste some time when shifting from one task to another.

 5. Distractions increases stress as balancing between distractions and goals isn't easy thus you might feel overwhelmed. 

 6. Distractions lead to difficulty in retaining information. It's hard to absorb and retain information if your focus is frequently shifted from goals to distractions.

 7. Distractions lead to frustrations and disappointments. Frequent interference with your goals might lead to lack of progression of goals thus you are likely to be frustrated and disappointed with your progress.

 What you should do to minimize distractions:

 ✅ Creating a distraction free workspace. You should ensure that all the devices and objects that can bring distraction to you are out of sight. Example if you know you will be distracted by frequent messages from phone, you should then place the phone in another room far from study room or put the phone silent and airplane mode. Also avoid televisions in your study room. Put everything decently and in order, a smart and clean environment gives a person a good feeling and ability to focus on tasks.

 ✅ Identify the most important tasks and prioritize them during your peak focus hours. Every work is important, but you can analyze which one is more important and their urgency. Prioritizing tasks will ensure you meet the deadlines and see progress.

 ✅ Take breaks between periods of focused work. This will help to prevent burnout and reduce temptations to distractions. When you take the break you can get to do the other things like replying to a message, then after the break get back to focus with the goals.

 ✅ Set clear boundaries and communicate your focus periods to others so that they can stop distracting you. Tell them when you are not available for distractions, this will ensure that you concentrate without them distracting you.

 ✅ Try limiting yourself on use of digital devices and social media. Social media can be very enjoyous and make you waste a lot of your time watching and chatting. Ensure you set a limit and utilize your time properly.

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