What happens when you turn off notifications

Each notification seems small, but together they train your mind to live dependent on external stimuli. They interrupt you, speed you up, and pull you away from what is important. Turning off notifications is not isolating yourself. It is reclaiming judgment to decide when to attend to each thing. Freedom is also at stake in those small decisions. Technology serves well when it keeps its proper place. When it invades every waiting moment or silence, it is wise to recover spaces where the mind can focus on a single thing.