Commit to a notification audit
Create a specific commitment to downgrade or remove low-value notifications.
Audit one notification source and change its attention policy. Use this for Slack channels, email senders, app badges, newsletters, calendar defaults, or mobile alerts that create attention residue without real urgency. I will audit [notification source]. Its current attention cost is [how often it interrupts and what it pulls me away from]. Because delay changes [little/nothing/specific risk], I will set it to [alert/batch/digest/off]. I will keep [true escalation channel] available and review the change after [two workdays]. In 2 days, check whether the changed notification source reduced interruptions without hiding true urgency. A notification source that interrupts focus blocks but…
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