And they can come in many forms from ringing phones, nagging children, emails, Twitter alerts and more.
Or sometimes it can simply be a persistent thought that you really should be doing something else.
Whatever your own personal distractions in life are that keep you from writing, you're not alone. We all have them.
The difficult thing is to find a way to overcome them, and I'll tell you how I do it.
I realised years ago that to be a writer you need to have bucket-loads of self discipline.
And if you don't have it and don't do the writing that you want to do, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.
Like the saying goes:
Discipline weighs ounces.
Regret weighs tons.
So I had to get rid of all the distractions in my daily life so that I could write.
I stopped talking on the phone every day and discouraged people from calling me unless it was important.
I began keeping office hours and wouldn't socialise on week days. Not even to meet up for coffee.
I changed my email settings to manual so that it doesn't interrupt me every time I get an email.
I listen to audios to block out other noises.
Listening to audios is the best thing I ever did. Not only does it block out other noises, but even family members don't bother me when I've got my ear buds plugged into my ears because they can't be bothered getting my attention.
I listen to calming sounds that have binaural beats to help me stay focused.
My favourites are Brain Salon and Brain Evolution. I also listen to meditation music too.
All these are great for keeping me focused and in my own little world of writing.
If you haven't tried using audio for focus I can highly recommend you try it.
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