The Era of distracted life
The Loop We Live In “You should get distracted well. Go and get distracted properly.” Really? Yes, go. So I turn off the screen and let distraction take over. But it doesn’t fully take over. Somewhere in the background, the task is still running in my mind. And when I finally sit down to answer those thoughts, I get distracted again. What kind of loop is this? I come to work and get distracted. Then I do those distractions that push me back to work again. A → C and C → A. The missing point is B — focus. The longer I stay in B, the better I feel. That is the real state of alignment. So the question becomes: How do I move from A to B, and from C to B? The answer feels simple, yet impossible: just go. Let everything else flow naturally. My wife is cooking. My mind says, Go check if she needs help. That thought jumps me from A to C. My phone is right in front of me, quietly asking me to check it “just once.” When I do, what it shows creates chemicals in my brain ...