Why Focus Slips at Work

Focus doesn’t disappear — it drifts.

It’s rarely one big distraction that breaks focus — it’s the small ones that stack up.
Messages, emails, and alerts take their share of attention. But focus also leaks from inside the work itself — shifting priorities, unclear goals, and unfinished conversations that create mental drag.

Each one steals the focus you’re trying to protect.

Individually they seem minor. Together, they cost momentum.
You don’t always notice it happening. The day just starts to pull away — a message here, a meeting there — by mid-afternoon you’re busy, but not moving.

You can’t remove every distraction, but you can decide which ones deserve your time.
The rest is noise — and noise spreads if left unchecked.

Try this: during your next stretch of work, notice where focus starts to slip; what steals your attention?

Was the interruption avoidable, inconvenient, or invited?

You’ll start to see the patterns that pull your attention away — and that’s the first step in protecting it.

Once you’ve named it, focus stops feeling like luck — it becomes a choice.

Do what matters. Every day.