When you're in deep work sessions, do you get the urge to check your text or email? Yeah. Typically, at the beginning of the sessions versus once you get going, it's okay. But I think it's the same as resistance to going to the gym or exercising, right? Our brain is a jealous protector of energy. We got to be careful about our calories and how we expend it.
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