The Most Significant Distractions

My two biggest time wasters that prohibit me from staying on task are my phone and sleeping.

Tony Schwartz wrote an article called “ Addicted to Distraction” on November 28, 2016 to inform the readers about how the internet is a distraction and how distractions can affect your life. One of the main points in this article is that people use the internet for non important things. Another point is stated in paragraph 14, “ The problem is that we humans have a very limited reservoir of will and discipline.” Through out the article, Shwartz did not only write the article to only talk about his own addiction, he also wrote it to where the readers can relate to it and to compare it to their very own distraction.

This is a massive one in today’s era of modern technology: emails, instant messaging, status updates, sms etc. When you are in the middle of an important task and you get interrupted or distracted, it can take you up to 20 minutes to get back into the zone. If this happens 3 times in a day, that’s 1 hour of lost productivity. In a fortnight, that’s 10 hours or more than one whole day of lost productivity, just from being interrupted. Imagine what you could do if you had a whole extra day every fortnight. Now you know how.

In the article “Addicted to Distraction” by Tony Schwartz, he argues that the internet has a relentless pull on humans. He goes into detail on how the internet interrupts all daily activity. Schwartz also explains how he is also a victim to the internet and how he is overcoming the overuse of it. The internet does have a grasp on the attention of humans. People willingly give up their primary focus and activities just to check their devices. People are imprisoned to the internet and don’t even realize that it is leading to a deterioration of their learning ability.

Texting has turned into one of the largest distractions in the world. People are constantly preoccupied with their phones, checking social networks, and text messages. Studies say that 21% of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by cell phones and this statistic

How do you handle your distractions? Are you able to reduce them at all? If so How?

While reading Sam Anderson’s “In Defense of Distraction”, I sensed that the he was trying to make aware to his reader’s that as we continue to move forward as a technologically advanced society, our generation’s attention span diminishes gradually. Taking into consideration the “Suspend Judgment” analytical move I managed not to jump to conclusions and really grasp the idea that he was trying to put out. At first, he did make a really good first impression at the beginning of the essay. Anderson wrote his introduction as if he was having a one on one conversation with his reader’s. He asked them to block out the distractions and devote themselves to the essay. I enjoyed the first two interviews with David Meyer and Winifred Gallagher. In his

Throughout my life I've been called distracted. Whether its my english teacher telling me to put down the book during class, or my math teacher wondering why I'm staring off yet again. This aloofness has led a few people to believe that I am uncommitted and lack a desire to learn but that could not be farther from the truth. I love learning, the problem is I love learning about a lot of subjects. While this make me distracted because in English I'm reading my biology book, it has its advantages, the more you learn the more you realize knowledge is very connected. When references are made in movies, articles, or other media, I tend to get them which seems like a small accomplishment but it allows me to connect with the world around me in weird

Distractions can be beneficial to people with shirt attention spans, It may seem from an outsiders point of view that the distraction is doing just that; distracting from what sed person needs to be doing, but in fact it’s giving their mind a short break that allows them to then go back to their work with a clear mind-set and a new point of view towards their task at hand.

Distractions and interruptions consist of anything that disrupts an individual from the current task by diverting one's attention. The advancement in technology has greatly contributed to the increase in the number of distractors in our environment. Most of the technological devices have become part of us since we need them for connectivity, comfort and work. In the Health care industry, many medical devices have alarm systems. Examples include: bedside physiologic monitors such as ECG (electrocardiogram) machines, pulse oximetry devices, and monitors of blood pressure and other parameters; infusion pumps; and ventilators. These alarm-equipped devices are very essential in enhancing and providing safe care to patients. However, these devices

It’s difficult for me to make the time to get important things done while using that time wisely. Using step one of them problem solving method, I feel that I let myself get distracted easily by my phone, my laptop, or my TV. Using step 2 of the method, I need to consider what my distractions are and possible ways I can fix them. I feel I could do this, during my study time, by turning off my T.V., putting my phone on silent where I cannot see it, and only having my computer up when I need to use it for assignments and other school related things. Using step 3, I need to evaluate the pros and cons of each of these possibilities. If I have my T.V. off, I may miss a show that I enjoy watching, but I will not waste time watching things that I can watch later. If I keep my phone on

Texting and driving is the least of peoples worries. At least 75 percent of drivers admit to texting while driving, while they are 4 to 6 times more likely to be in an accident that causes serious injury. Why would anyone worry about it? Before texting and driving, the issues were; eating while driving, putting on makeup while driving, and even singing while driving. It seems like we got over those old issues just fine. Most people are the least bit worried about texting and driving, which is exactly why we are going to need someone else who can worry about it for us!

Is technology a distraction? technology can be a distraction it can be a distraction all the especially if you have a cell phone. We are all distracted by technology all the time. People get distracted from doing other things. however it really depends on who can hanndle having a piece of technology there are people who can be responsible and people who can't. there are a lot of people who can't hanndle having a piece of technology there have been so many car accidents for text driving and why does this all happen because it's the people who are distracting themselves for using a piece of technology. Technology distracts people a lot it only depends on the way you use it and time you use it. Technology can be very useful for important things

Paying attention may be the hardest thing to do in this App-friendly world. With current trend in social media, the news, and the internet. Our attention span has gone from "12 minutes in 2001 to 5 minutes 2011"( Vidyarthi, 201, p. 1). It tends bombard people with information and as a result our brains are starting to adapt. In a book by Nicholas Carr 'THE SHALLOWS: WHAT THE INTERNET IS DOING TO OUR BRAINS' . He said after talks with Neuroscientists and psychologists is that our brains are "Very malleable, they adapt at the cellular level to whatever we happen to be doing. And so the more time we spend surfing, and skimming, and scanning ... the more adept we become at that mode of thinking" (Carr, 2010, p. 1). Leading to people thinking that their good at multitasking. With more social research being put into technology more scientists and other professionals are finding that multitasking is bad for you. like driving and texting which is still on the rise. Another example: I'm hearing more and more often from one of my friends or somebody else about going out on a date or talking to someone. Then the other person pulls out their cell phone and starts texting in the middle of the conversation. Even some of my own friend do this to me

Cell phones and technology in general has advanced a lot over the last ten years. Allowing students to be able to take their phones or devices wherever they want in today’s society. Thus bringing forward the issue of cell phone distraction in the classroom.