How do you keep yourself focused with distractions

I block out all the noise around me and make sure there’s no excuses for me to not do something (like cleaning a messy room for instance). Working in intervals also helps.

Still working on it- at this time of isolation or reacting to the virus, I’ve become even more conscious of the environmental distractions. I want to plan a zippy routine each day and find everything depends on my own ability to concentrate—which is poor. A good thing is my focus change— to deepen personal relationships — has become more creative with the extended time I now have to give it.

I make the conditions suitable for me to be able to sit and work for a long period of time from the beginning. For instance, ill make myself a nice warm mug of some herbal tea along with a snack, organize my work station in order to minimize distractions and avoid clutter and lastly, put my phone on airplane mode to avoid having to check instagram or other social networks/messaging apps.

I have been struggling with that for a while, but since joining the app I’ve been improving. I have developed a pleasure for listening to nature sounds around me when busy. Also ticking off to-dos gives an immense feeling of accomplishment which helps motivate me. In regards to distraction, I have been using another app called Flora to avoid using my phone when busy - and avoid killing a tree!

Understanding what creates the distractions initially helps me to find ways to eliminate the distractions before they begin. For example, I work in an open office environment and I notice I get very distracted with conversations. I decided to invest in sound eliminating headphones to reduce the chance of that distraction hindering my progress.

I have ADHD so it is particularly difficult. I must be alone with my phone off, two hours of good music already chosen so I don’t get lost picking things, and I tell anyone who might need to reach me that I will be unavailable until ~2 1/2 hours from now. Then I switch to a new kind of task, cooking or walking or exercising or cleaning, for 30m or so before gearing up for another work sprint if I have time. The elaborate preparation really increases my productivity

I get distracted very easily but I try to help by putting on some good music that helps me concentrate suck as songs I don’t know or piano sounds. Leave my phone and electronic devices far away from me help me for us on my work because I’m not able to check my phone constantly.

I try to eliminate all possible distractions around me before I sit down to do some focused tasks. So my phone goes on silent mode, my laptop has no Social Media or Netflix platforms open, and, if possible, I try to be alone in a tidied room. Preparing some water and tea already also helps, this way I dont6have any reason to get up and do something else and thus procrastinate the task at hand.

I try to put my phone in the drawer and avoid checking the time. When I want to study for about 1 hour I sit alone in my room and close the door. To know when time up, I listen to 1 hour music for studying. When the some is over time is up.

I turn my phone to silent and leave it in another room, I sit in my own in a peaceful surrounding and I set a timer for how long I need to work and take a break when it goes off before I start again!