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Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about.

Drawn from what Oliver Burkeman said

ambition
What this subject means

ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

Is discipline the answer?under our view: Willpower does not last: enjoyment, surroundings and systems do the work

What Oliver Burkeman actually said

  1. Oliver Burkeman by British writer on time, limits and attention
    you don’t get dragged away against your will. You surrender willingly.

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