recently i went back to "monk mode", where i persistently shut off every potential distraction for a while

recipe: kill notifications, leave phone in another room, turn on dnd, lock the door, put on headphones with ANC, and play ambient bg tunes

after a few sessions, healthy doses of productivity have been restored

✳︎ design engineer → @ponder 
✳︎ explorer of humanism • petrolhead/gearhead
✳︎ React/SwiftUI
✳︎ bento.me/matthew

this typically lasts 4–6 hrs and helps me to get in and out of the flow state more easily, and it's aimed at tackling structured, pre-planned work that has been somewhat clearly defined