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Mighty's avatar

I give credit to business writer Nir Eyal for helping me learn an alternative term for the opposite of distraction. It isn’t focus.

It’s Traction.

Traction implies that you have decided what you intend to do and then you do it. Sometimes the best thing to do is schedule and take some downtime. For me, that’s often a daily scroll through Pinterest, guilt free. I need to relax my mind and body so I schedule a time to do that, to renew myself.

Sometimes that time you “wasted” was not wasted.

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Cheryl Nov. 17

Knitting a very simple pattern is the way I end my day. The feel of the yarn and the click of the needles is soothing and relaxing for me. I can't seem to fall asleep without this tactile exercise, but I have been known to fall asleep with the knitting in my lap, and my hands holding the needles.

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