Death by a Thousand Pings

The average smartphone user receives between 60 and 80 notifications per day. Each one hijacks attention for seconds, and workplace-interruption research often puts full refocus around 23 minutes after a disruption.

Notifications are designed by companies whose business model depends on your attention. They are not built for your productivity or wellbeing. Most are not telling you anything urgent — they pull you back into an app to boost engagement metrics.