The visible phone

Short journal · Original editorial · Attention with edges

A phone lights up beside a handwritten note.

Attention has a context. A useful boundary describes what belongs in this moment and how you will return to what you set aside. A boundary can be small and temporary; it need not become a rule for every day.

Move it out of view for one short passage of writing.

Do not confuse a tidy description with a useful result. Look at what the next reader or participant can actually do.