{"id":64486,"date":"2026-04-22T08:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-avoid-distractions-when-you-are-in-deep-work-in-an-outside-environment\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:02:51","slug":"how-do-you-avoid-distractions-when-you-are-in-deep-work-in-an-outside-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-avoid-distractions-when-you-are-in-deep-work-in-an-outside-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you avoid distractions when you are in deep work in an outside environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Dorcus Z.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I keep my phone on silent.<br \/>\nI play music that isn&#8217;t too distracting but I wear headphones to block outside noise.<br \/>\nI normally set a target for what to accomplish so I don&#8217;t get distracted perusing.<br \/>\nI normally have my things at hand so I don&#8217;t waste time looking for them.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-63751836\"><div id=\"thefa-2158680391\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop wasting your mornings<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Build a better life<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Annikka T.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">First, just awareness. I inhale deeply then allow myself observe the urge to open TikTok or eat something or organize something then let the urge pass. Then I exhale and remember to stay. Stay through the boredom       Afterwards, I set an alarm for 5 minutes to keep going then if I still have momentum after that, I keep going. If I still feel the urge to do something else, I allow myself to. But I also set an alarm so that I can give myself time to return to whatever task is high priority.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Rebekah E.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Outside distractions sometimes are hard to avoid, I set a goal during my time and when I realize I&#8217;m getting off focus of my goal I stop when I&#8217;m doing and get right back into it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Lirit X.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I use headphones or loop earbuds. I have to keep music low, so that I&#8217;m not scared by people walking up to me, but I tend to think through the task at hand, talking myself through it in my head to try and keep my attention on what I should be doing whilst numbing the environmental noise with the headphones or earbuds.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorcus Z. I keep my phone on silent. I play music that isn&#8217;t too distracting but I wear headphones to block outside noise. I normally set a target for what to accomplish so I don&#8217;t get distracted perusing. I normally have my things at hand so I don&#8217;t waste time looking for them. Annikka T. First, just awareness. 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