OUT OF FOCUS

PING.

It’s a sound most of us are painfully familiar with, experiencing it dozens of times per day and inches away from our itchy trigger fingers. It’s a noise that can effortlessly pull your attention away from deadlines, quality time with friends and family, and even the road while driving.

For all they do to make your life easier, your smartphone also has an influence over you that’s as complicated as the technology poured into its ergonomic frames. While they enable us to do more work on the go, our ability to connect to anyone, anywhere, anytime forms a paradox: the more we are able to do, the less we are able to accomplish because the to-do list never ends. And even though the office may be the