The Distraction Tax
Every interruption charges a refocus tax.
A notification doesn't cost you a glance. It costs you the climb back into focus. And it compounds, all day, every day.
Interruptions / notifications per day 60
10105200
Minutes to fully refocus 23min
1m13m25m
Default 23 min — the average time to return to a task after an interruption (Gloria Mark, UC Irvine).
Waking hours per day 16h
10h14h18h
How many days a week?
5.0h
Hours a day lost to climbing back into focus
The tax compounds
What it quietly adds up to
You can't think two thoughts at once. Protect the one that matters.
