Impulsively surfing the internet - Deepstash

Impulsively surfing the internet

It takes you 15 consecutive minutes of focus before you can fully engage in a task. Once you do, you fall into flow, a state of increased productivity.

Click in and out of your work enough times to check the news of social media, and you can go through an entire day without experiencing flow.

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"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." - Lincoln

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