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date: '2024-03-18'
description: philosophical reflections on attention, focus, and the nature of distraction in modern life.
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title: distraction
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					<p>i think we forget that a core part of the human experience is to create and be creative</p>
<p>we create all the time, even in the most mundane ways</p>
<p>but creativity isnt about the act of *producing* something - its about reaching a state of awareness that allows you to filter out the noise</p>
				
			
			
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