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Thoughts on focus, deep work, and how we actually spend our time.
You don't know how distracted you are. That's the problem.
You think you're productive because you're busy. But busy isn't focused. Until you measure your attention, distraction is just the water you're swimming in.
Your attention is being stolen. You just don't notice.
Every app on your computer is engineered to keep you engaged. AI-powered feeds, invisible nudges, and dark patterns are pulling your focus away — and you're not even aware it's happening.
You need to get comfortable being bored.
Most meaningful work is boring. Not soul-crushing boring — just "doesn't give me a dopamine hit every 30 seconds" boring. And that's become a problem.
I tracked my focus for 30 days. I do about 2.5 hours of real deep work.
I ran an experiment: tracking every minute at my computer — not just which apps I used, but what I was actually doing in them. The results were humbling.