[ninjavis]

What worked best for me was simply to put my phone on airplane mode, and only check it at specific intervals during the day.

Most people can wait for a response. It's quite absurd that we have collectively encouraged immediate response as 'normal', and rude if not done so.

It is pretty obvious that we become great at what we habitually practice every day. Therefor it's no coincidence that we will become great at being distracted because that's what we habitually practice.