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We're jumping from messages to social media to email to quick work tasks to a search for something we're curious about, from dozens of messages to dozens of posts to a couple doze browser tabs. All day long, one quick thing to the next, putting off anything that requires much more focus than that.

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Most people feel busy and distracted throughout the day - calm and focus and a feeling of purpose are fairly rare for most of us.

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We are constantly distracted throughout the day. Without focusing on anything with a calm, relaxed mind, we keep jumping from messages, to-do lists, social media, and email.
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Our behaviour can be shaped by things we are unaware of.

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