Don’t Reply Messages
Instantly. It Can Seriously Ruin Your Life
You’ve left the office
for a well-deserved lunch break.
Just as you sit down in your
favorite diner to enjoy your sandwich and coffee… your cellphone beeps to say
you have a new message. You pick up your phone, read the message, and
immediately begin to reply (even though it’s nothing important or
time-sensitive).
By doing this, you’ve
demonstrated a reactive state, where you’ve allowed your lunch break to be
disrupted for a little reason.
When this type of behavior
becomes habitual – you’ve become a slave to circumstances.
When you’re reactive, you
allow your personal happiness to be determined by events outside of your
control. And you take actions only based on what has happened.
Successful people on the
other hand take actions based on their own plans. They are proactive and take
charge of their own lives. They prioritize their work and won’t let people
distract them and slow down their progress.
Replying messages instantly
seem to be just a small problem. But it’s more serious than you thought.
According to a 2014 survey, americans in 25-34 age check their phones 50 times
per day. Imagine being interrupted 50 times per day! And we have 24 hours with 16 hours
awake each day only. Which means every hour you would be interrupted at least 3
times. What big achievements can you have when you can’t even focus on your
own?
So how can you eliminate such
habit?
First, do you keep your phone
with you at all times?
If yes, try leaving it at
home from time to time, or at the very least, switching it to silent mode or
just mute the groups. By doing this, you can then decide when you’ll check for
messages, rather than being controlled by every message that comes through.
Life is too short to be
dictated by endless messages arriving to your devices. Find time to shut off
the noise, and instead, use this time to build a new, purpose-filled life.
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