10 things to get rid of to be more present

1. Email and notifications

If you're on your laptop, batch the emails and notifications to only hit you at certain hours in the day

2. Your smartphone

3. Block time-wasting websites

Youtube, social media, etc.

4. Clutter on your desk

Only have what you need for the task at hand

5. Browser windows

It's easy to get into rabbit holes doing 'research'

6. Apps that aren't relevant to the task

7. Your smartphone

8. Hunger

When you're hungry, all you are probably thinking about is food

9. Fatigue

Take a nap or get enough rest so that you're not sapped by fatigue

10. Whatever's in your bowels

James says that whenever he's blocked when writing, he'll go to the washroom. I can't say the same thing has worked for me (I think he's a better writer than me) but I can tell you that if I have to go to the bathroom, it's hard for me to concentrate on anything else