Notification Audit
A single pass through your settings, keeping only the interruptions you'd actively choose.
Attention is not a moral failing or a personality trait. It is a limited capacity operating inside an environment engineered by some of the best-funded design teams in history. Understanding that changes the question from 'why can't I focus?' to 'what is my environment asking of me?'
Good for: scattered attention + constant interruptions
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Open notification settings and list every app currently allowed to interrupt you.
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Mark each one: a human expecting a reply, something time-critical, or neither.
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Turn off everything in the third category. Most people remove 70–90%.
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For what remains, disable badges and previews on the lock screen.
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Give it a week before adjusting. Almost nobody reverses this.
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