In college and long after college, I was super prone to distractions. In fact I’m distracted right now but I figure I might as well help.
I found that in times of stress, I would automatically go to social media sites and email. I would be on them constantly. I didn’t need to do but it was so automatic that I couldn’t control it. I’d close the browser, use various software, I tried working without Internet and NOTHING worked UNTIL, I realized a simple trick:
Log out.
Seriously.. that’s it. Make sure that the little tick mark that says “Remember Me” is disabled and you’re free.
Somehow that automatic urge to go there is stopped for a second by the need to put in my email and password. At that moment my mind is jarred by the need to think of the email and password and it realizes that at this moment it doesn’t need to. Nothing important will be on there since last time I checked my email or facebook and nothing is so urgent that I have to check it.
And voila, I’m free. My frequency for checking email and facebook has gone from dozens a day to single digits. I am more productive, happier and all with just a simple trick. Hope it helps you too!
seven year degree 