We know that keeping yourself focused and
distraction-free is necessary to do good work and good thinking. The problem is
that these days, we go to the same place for distractions as we do for work—the
computer. The work we’re doing has to compete with social media, incoming
messages, and virtually all the
information in the world. It’s very difficult for any of us to maintain
self control when all those distractions are right there.
If you’re struggling with that self control, consider
downloading SelfControl. It’s, in its own words, “a free and open-source
application for Mac OS X that lets you block your own access to
distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just
set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blacklist, and click
"Start." Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those
sites--even if you restart your computer or delete the application.”
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