Article by Alexandra Sutcliffe
You’ve made a cup of coffee, turned on your laptop, and are keen to write the next chapter of your novel. All you have to do is click on the document icon, and set to work.
But wait – another email’s just arrived, followed by a text. Then there’s that developing news story, has there been an update? Oh, and now an old friend’s posted something on Facebook you really must respond to…
Does this sound familiar? To some degree we are all guilty of procrastinating, and today, more than ever, there are distractions all around us. A phone is no longer simply for making calls, nor a laptop just a means for writing documents. Both have become deliverers of entertainment, communication, news, gossip, games and so much more.
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