When we become distracted we lose our focus and it interrupts our attention. When distractions become a habit, we are then unable to sustain the focus required to finish the tasks efficiently.

We also lose time for our friends and loved ones, we miss out on cultivating these relationships for our well-being.

Some distractions may include:

• Looking at notifications that pop up on our phone no matter where
• Interrupting focused work to check email
• Chatting with coworkers instead of finishing assigned task
• Scrolling through social media when you planned to read a book

There is no exact opposite for distraction when you try to look it up, however it does have near anotnyms such as assurance, certainty, and convictio. However, these words don't really move away from distraction.

Therefore there is a proposal that "traction" be the opposite of distraction.