While You Were Folding 003: Battling Distraction

Today’s episode is all about how I’m battling distraction.

Links/Resources Mentioned in today’s episode (I’m not getting paid to share any of these things!):

• Michael Hyatt
• Full Focus Planner
• Scott Hahn Gospel of Matthew Commentary, Notes, and Study Questions
• Schultz Photo School
• Consciousness Examen from Fr. Mike Schmitz (my transcript)

My Distraction Battle Plan

• Set Boundaries, Create New Expectations, and Create New Habits
  • Phone
    • Make it a landline and leave charging in kitchen (even at bedtime)
    • No longer returning texts right away
    • Set aside time to return texts/make phone calls
    • Delete black hole apps (For me, that’s Facebook and Gmail)
  • E-mail
    • Delete Gmail app on phone
    • Check only a few times a day (set aside 10-15 minutes to return correspondence)
    • Unsubscribe from extra e-mail to keep inbox unclogged
  • Use computer for e-mail and Facebook
  • Use old school alarm clock instead of phone for my alarm
• “Daily Big 3”
  • Stephen Covey urgent vs. important (keeping my vocation stuff–the unurgent but important) at the top of my Daily Big
  • Prayer, Marriage, Parenting
  • Put traditional to-do list tasks on my other to-do list

What I’d like to hear from you:

• Audiobook recommendations
• Favorite go-to recipes for weeknights
• Spiritual book recommendations
• What are YOUR distractions?
• How do you stop your distractions from taking over?

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