That pesky notification..

In a rare, inspired moment, I’ve finally entered the state of “flow”

This golden opportunity to accomplish work quickly I must not let go

Undivided attention to work I intend to give

But my hyper-focused state is short-lived

As notifications crowd the corner of my computer screen

I try to silence them but they beg to be heard and seen

They are embedded in the program that I have to use

For my work, therefore I have no excuse

To hide them, I just need to exercise restraint

To not look at or react to them, my mind I must train

But as a flawed human with an attention deficit “issue”

This is something I simply cannot do

My work I complete, like every other day

Inefficiently, with multiple interruptions along the way

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This context switching is exhausting for my mind

It lowers my productivity, in addition I find

That I am more irritable as the day goes by

I am impatient, and usually unable to understand why

Since the notifications are work-related, if attention to them I pay

It is technically “work” that I am doing in a regular day..

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These notifications are trying their hardest to take

My attention away from work, my productivity is at stake

To take back control over my time, proactive I should be

And use every technique I can to improve productivity