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How I Learned to Stay Engaged in a World Built for Distraction

Why engagement matters — and how to make it a habit

Raahil Modi 🌿
Dancing Elephants Press
5 min readNov 8, 2024

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Photo by ROMAN ODINTSOV

I always thought I was an amazing multitasker. I had three browser windows open, my Slack notifications pinging away every two minutes, emails coming through like a flood, music playing — it was my badge of honor to handle it all. But something felt off. Even at the end of a day, so packed with activity, I was busy every moment. I had felt frenetic and unaccounted for.

And that was when engagement — real engagement — started rattling around in my brain. Ever been when you are so engrossed in a conversation that time flies by? Or when you are engaging in something and everything else disappears? It was something I coveted, but it was almost a rarity for me now.

The Wake-Up Call

I realized while I was in a team meeting. Someone was passing on a key piece of information, and I glanced at my phone. I was not only disrespecting my colleague — I was taking away from myself this opportunity of being 100%. That moment gave me a painful perspective that I had to face — I was mastering being everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

Why This Matters (More Than Ever)?

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Raahil Modi 🌿
Raahil Modi 🌿

Written by Raahil Modi 🌿

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