I hear ya! One of the biggest helps I’ve found is turning those dang notifications off.

Turn of Facebook, MySpace and Twitter e-mails and you’ll win half the battle.

If nothing else, set a rule in your e-mail to mark them as read and send them to a set folder.

The next step I’ve found in the battle is turning off e-mail and other notifications on the phone. When I’m not constantly getting dings and whistles telling me there’s a new message I’m more likely to leave the phone in the other room and focus on the now.

But it’s a battle and not one that’s easily won. Thanks for the input and sharing! We’re all in this together!

Mine is related but with a twist. I have the ‘can’t leave my phone alone’ thing but I also work from home which means I never leave work. I work for a Church denomination and the number people have is my mobile or my home so people call me at night because they know I’ll be home.

I’ve also got my work email on my iPhone so I can check it when I’m out.

I have no idea why I need to check it when I’m out! Since reading this I’ve decided that out of office hours that email gets switched off.

I’m trying to focus. I’m checking Twitter and Facebook less and at certain times. Same with email. 3 times a day.

The hardest thing is keeping the phone in my pocket when we are out. Must try harder.

I’ve heard of people turning off texts rather than voice mail. Why’d you choose text messages over voice?

About a year ago I had enough with it and now just have a basic phone that makes calls and texts. I even disabled the voicemails because I dislike having yet another ‘inbox.’

Interestingly, over the past year my income has gone up! This may be just be a natrual progression but I think it has to be being more productive by not having as many distractions.