February 2, 2025
Recently, an artist I follow recommended "Hyperfocus: how to be more productive in a world of distractions" by Chris Bailey, so I jumped right in.
I've been interested in a topic of attention for some time now. I can assure you that focus is something that can definitely be improved, though there is some initial work to be done.
I'd say that the vast majority of the book talked about things I already know and could be (very roughly) summarised by:
- notifications bad,
- phone visible while doing things or talking with someone bad,
- using the phone first thing in the morning bad,
- using the phone last thing before going to sleep bad,
- meditation good, really good,
- frequent breaks good,
- it's waaay easier remove distractions beforehand than fight distractions when they occur (that is - turning off notifications before focus session, cleaning that desk before the work, eating something before reading).
For me, even if I'm not taking into account my previous knowledge about the topic, this book could be easily 20% shorter if it wouldn't repeat the same things over and over again, but this is my common complaint when it comes to sim