๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐
If you go through your gadgets, you will notice how often you receive notifications within 24 hours. From phone calls to emails, text messages and the multitude influx of notifications from Social Media.
Whether you realize it yet or not, itโs killing your productivity.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ
As important as notifications serve in trying to keep you notified of works, events and schedules , most notably they serve as a distraction.
Whether itโs the popup of a red number, a vibration or a sound notification, these alerts are designed to get your attention. They are practically almost impossible to ignore. If you are working on something important, your focus is going to drift and your effectiveness will immediately decline.
Going through your memory lane, you can recall how long it takes you to recover from some of these distraction and go back to work.
Notifications cans also be addictive. Social Media apps for example, design themselves to intentionally get you acquainted and addicted to their platforms. They get you through notifications and the giant of them is Facebook with the primary goal of getting every user addicted to their platform.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
Turn off notifications for everything. This sounds hard right?
This is the obvious solution that none of us actually want to consider in other not to miss any important notification when we need it most.
So how can we curtail this fear while still improving control over our notification bombardment?
Here are few more manageable solutions
(๐) ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ:
You can turn off notifications for all new updates and only receive notifications when your name is tagged. You can as well turn of notifications for unimportant apps like Social Media apps or web notifications.
(๐)๐ง๐ผ๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐:
You can turn off your notifications within a period of time during working hours. You can even take a day in a week as a notification day to work on notifications.
(๐) ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐:
If turning up all notifications makes you feel anxious, consider opening a reserved channel for emergencies. Turn of every notifications except this emergency channel.
If you donโt do anything and let notifications rule your working life, itโs going to work against you.