The Cost of a Distracted Hour

You can earn back money. You can sometimes earn back trust. You can never earn back an hour you spent distracted.

Distraction has a tail

The cost isn't just the interrupted minute — it's the 15 minutes it takes to find your way back into deep thought afterward.

1. Decide the one thing that matters today.
2. Protect a single, uninterrupted block for it.
3. Treat that block as a real appointment.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Spend it on what deserves it.

Guard the hour, and the work takes care of itself.