Five steps for ‘atomic’ effect

YOU sit down at your table, crack your knuckles, and tell yourself it’s time to write that essay your English language teacher assigned you last week.

Ding! Your phone suddenly buzzes with a social media notification, which you proceed to briefly assess under the pretence that it may be important and end up mindlessly scrolling through your news feed. After your arguably satisfying scroll, you realise that you’ve wasted several hours and not gotten any work done.