Through the Brier

Born and raised in Cincinnati and schooled in Bloomington, I now live in Salem with my beautiful and long suffering wife, two fast-growing sons, and a golden retriever who patently refuses to do so.

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February 12th, 2009 at 1:13PM

We are programmed to be interrupted. We get an adrenalin jolt when orienting to new stimuli: Our body actually rewards us for paying attention to the new. So in this very fast-paced world, it’s easy and tempting to always react to the new thing. But when we live in a reactive way, we minimize our capacity to pursue goals. —

Maggie Jackson in an interview with Wired. (via)

This is one of a number of terrific observations about interruptions and their debilitating effects on thinking, relating, and creativity. I would hang this on the outside of my door…if I had an office. With a door. That closed.