This was addressed at length by Cal”deepwork”Newport in one of his recent podcast.his thesis being in order for our brain to focus it needs to deal with boredom

This was addressed at length by Cal”deepwork”Newport in one of his recent podcast.his thesis being in order for our brain to focus it needs to deal with boredom A lot! For instance whenever I come to a traffic signal my immediate Pavlovian response is to pull my phone and check HN. Now that won’t get me to focus for a long period of time in the long run. Instead he suggests involving in activities where failure to focus results in not attaining a desired outcome. Playing 1:1 basketball, racquetball, tennis, poker, chess and list goes on.