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The Opposite of Distraction: 3 Things I Learned from Indistractable by Nir Eyal

“The opposite of distraction is not focus but rather traction.” – Nir Eyal

Writing on Wednesdays title cover with Sarah Bereza and Nicole Roccas

Ditching a Laptop Saved My (Writing) Life (Middlesode)

https://media.blubrry.com/writingonwednesdays/content.blubrry.com/writingonwednesdays/022_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS The other night, I popped in my earbuds and proceeded to type nearly 700 solid words of a book chapter. While standing up. On a moving bus. Packed to the brim with other commuters. How did I write under these circumstances? In short: with a tablet. In…
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Ditching My Laptop Saved My (Writing) Life

Listen to the podcast episode here: https://www.nicoleroccas.com/018-2/ The other night, I popped in my earbuds and proceeded to type nearly 700 solid words of a book chapter. Not so extraordinary until you add the following: I managed to do this during the peak of my evening commute. While standing up. On a moving bus. Packed…
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