paper is the cure for the common distraction

In this post, "My Computer is an Enabler", this blogger pinpoints that feeling of divided attention when you can pursue any and every interesting little thing down the rabbit hole while working on 3 other projects (all at the same time).

"I have to admit it - I am a junkie for information, and my computer is an enabler. I am going to coin a new phrase - distraction sickness, for which the only known cure is a return to pencil and paper."

It's amazing what pulling out a sheet of paper can do for my sense of focus. This is yet another reason why paper will exist for a long time yet. Yeah it's a pain, but has so many intangible and poorly understood bennys.