Laptop open, ideas stuck? Hide the slab of distraction.

UT Austin researchers found that just having your phone on the desk drains brain power, even silent and face-down.

I slid mine into a drawer. Ten minutes later, the report I’d dodged all morning was half done.

TRY IT

Pick one task. Put your phone in another room for 20 minutes.

Feel attention snap back like a rubber band.

YOUR TURN

What will you tackle during your phone-free sprint today? Tell us and lock the screen! Let’s cheer each other on!