After reading the articles in “Digital Distractions," I learned that we forget how much time we get distracted when we are constantly tied into our digital devices. Since technology advanced so quickly, it developed into a part of our work life. In the end of the article, “Hooked on the Web: Help Is on the Way," they mentioned how being addicted to your digital devices can become an illness because of how much time spent in just one day. I decided to experiment and find out how much of a distraction my own devices can be in my life. During the experiment, I will figure how much work can be done during my usual study sessions compared to my focus study sessions. While technology is not the only source of distraction, it is something we are constantly using and was used in this experiment. In my study I observed the amount and type of interruptions during my study sessions and how it affected my study sessions; as a result, I’ve determined that my surroundings distracted me more often than my digital devices.
In my first experiment, I observed my usual study session location. I would sit at an individual desk with my lunch and a list of things to do. There I would be studying during my three-hour breaks on Mondays, so I was able to do more than one assignment. That day I began my chemistry homework, I had noted down that it took about 10 minutes just to start on homework. Within eight minutes of working on my chemistry homework, I started to get distracted. I began looking at my phone and answering my text messages first, then I started skimming through Instagram. I realized when I was ready to go back to do my homework, 10 minutes had passed while I was being distracted. Once I started on my homework again, this time I was able t...
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...tracted from our time to get work done, we can now acknowledge that our surroundings does play a role in our distractions too.
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