Derek Sivers has a piece about “disconnect”. It's so good that I have to share it with you. You will thank me. If you really read it and practice it, you will feel real difference.
The lack of interruption is a great recipe for flow (i.e. fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity).
Every business wants to get you addicted to their infinite updates, pings, chats, messages, and news — thank you, “Notification”. But if what you want out of life is to create, then those things are the first to go.
People often ask me what they can do to be more successful. I say disconnect. Unplug. Turn off your phone and wifi. Focus. Write. Practice. Create. That's what's rare and valuable these days. You get no competitive edge from consuming the same stuff everyone else is consuming. But it's rare to focus. And it gives such better reward.