Jan 16 • Frameworks
Focus contract ✅
Learned a lot!
But the biggest thing I learned?
“It takes an average of 23 minutes to fully resume after an interruption.”
At first, I didn't believe it. 23 minutes? That's impossible.
But when I tried to recall the moments when I was distracted… I suddenly realized it's scary accurate—in a very subtle way.
Like that time I was creating a content strategy for my business when my sister messaged me asking what gift I wanted for Christmas.
I told her I hadn't thought about it yet. But I got excited. And five minutes later, I was searching the internet for books.
Then I got hungry, so I checked the fridge... then decided I'd make coffee instead.
Guess what? I didn't have sugar. So I ended up going to the supermarket.
That slight distraction (not my sister's fault) cost me 2 hours.
Yes, "23 minutes average" might not be true every time. But it's true most of the time.
Most of the time, you don't realize you're distracted until you're already off track.
It reminds me of the 1-degree shift principle:
"If a plane taking off from Los Angeles to New York adjusts its heading by just 1 degree at takeoff, it will end up roughly 150 miles off course."
That's why this lesson is so important.
When we get interrupted, our thought patterns change. Then our actions follow.
Unfortunately, distractions are inevitable—whether they're external (a phone notification) or internal (hunger or fatigue).
They will always come, one way or another.
The Focus Framework taught me three things: how to eliminate distractions before they occur, how to minimize the damage when they do, and how to recover quickly.
As Jon Kabat-Zinn puts it, "You cannot stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."
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