Notifications are designed to interrupt you. They pull your attention away from what you are doing and toward what someone else wants. Most notifications do not require immediate action, yet they create a sense of urgency that fragments your attention.
Turn off all notifications except those that truly need immediate response. This might be calls from family or urgent work emergencies. Everything else can wait until you check for it on your own schedule.
When you control when you check for messages instead of being notified constantly, you regain control of your attention. You can focus on work without interruption. You can think without being pulled away. You can be present with what you are doing instead of reacting to what someone else wants.
Set specific times to check messages. Maybe once in the morning, once after lunch, and once in the afternoon. Between these times, your phone is silent. Your attention is yours. This boundary is not about avoiding communication. It is about choosing when to engage.
Try it today. Turn off all non-essential notifications. Check messages at specific times instead of constantly. Notice how much more focused and present you become when you are not being interrupted every few minutes. The notification boundary is simple, but it changes everything.