Self-improvement | Mental Health

How to Make Your Life Surprisingly Easier by Removing Distractions (And How)

Now you’ll finally get sh*t done

Lochlan
6 min readOct 23, 2023

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Being Neurotic vs. Neurotically Conditioned

My focus used to be abysmal. And that’s putting it nicely.

I used to promise to do meaningful work and focus on the things that would be worth my time. Except for one little problem: I never did.

Things would always distract me or pull my mind in different directions.

I’d do 3 minutes of work but end up itching to do something else. Before I knew it, I’d spend hours doing things I could barely remember, doom-scrolling or binge-watching “educational” YouTube videos.

I was spending most of my time mentally comatose gazing at screens and having my attention pulled in every direction.

And whenever I tried to focus I’d fail miserably.

Because my wants didn’t align with my actions, I became neurotic, anxious, and on edge all the time, finding myself often lost in a trance.

Remove unnecessary distractions to cultivate a calm (as opposed to agitated) state of mind ~…

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Lochlan
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