<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>attention on James Alvarez</title><link>https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/tags/attention/</link><description>Recent content in attention on James Alvarez</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/tags/attention/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Canceling my Spotify subscription</title><link>https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/blog/subscriptions/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/blog/subscriptions/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;As part of a process of taking the advice in &lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57933306-stolen-focus"&gt;Stolen Focus&lt;/a&gt; I have cut out nearly all notifications, turning off all sounds, and indications of message waiting on email, slack, whatsapp, messenger and everything. The only way someone can interrupt me now is by text or phone - and this for the past 2 months has made a huge difference in the amount of time I have spent on my phone or distracted from what I am working on.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>