A University of Austin, Texas study told us that if we can see our phone, even if it was on silent and face down, if it was in our line of sight, it had a negative impact on our cognitive performance. So just seeing it is a brain drain, like literally makes you about 10% dumber. But when you turn on do not disturb or focus mode, as it's now called, everybody else gets blocked, but you have peace of mind again.

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