Make Distractions Your Best Friends And They Don’t Kill Your Time And Energy Anymore

Shedding a positive light on distractions

Claudia Brose
7 min readJul 20, 2022
Photo by Federico Beccari on Unsplash

Distraction imposes on you as if it were your best buddy.

Always around, chatting with you, telling you interesting stuff, making you feel good, holding your attention.

Except your real best buddy has your well-being in mind, whereas the “distraction industry” only looks out for their own well-being and race after your attention and your bank account.

Distractions steer you away from the real tasks and goals you try to focus on.

They squeeze in between your ability to pay attention and your opportunity for success.

On the other hand, distractions are wonderful collaborators when it comes to producing excuses that you couldn’t reach your goal line. Welcome, dear distraction, just come into my house.

But let’s turn this around.

We hear all the time how bad distractions are and how they consume our time, sanity, and money.

All true.

But it’s also a matter of perspective.

Distractions Can Be Your Worst Enemy — Or Not

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Claudia Brose

Writer, Event-Creator, Marketing Professional turned Rebel against a rushed world | Japan mad | Cyclist | Get my Newsletter Un-Rush claudiabrose.substack.com