My team tried blocking Slack to focus — it worked

It’s time to write. I make some coffee, open a blank document, then decide to quickly check Slack before I get started. Two hours later, I’ve written nothing. Team chat apps are essential for online collaboration, but their very existence makes it hard to focus on longer-term projects. There’s always something I could be responding to on Slack, and responding to those things usually feels productive—and sometimes it is. But that time adds up, and I’m perpetually putting off bigger projects because of it. I know I could solve this problem by simply closing Slack, or turning off notifications, but that’s not enough for…

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