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Most of us would sooner deny or ignore the idea that attempting to escape from our academic work is futile. In fact, if you can read through the next few pages without desperately scrambling towards your habitual distraction, then that is kind of amazing. Most of us have different things we like to do to assert our freedom. It may be obviously hedonistic, or have some semblance of wider value, but it takes us from what we ‘should do’ to what we ‘want to do’. Or at least we construct it as a contrast between ‘should’ and ‘want’. Perhaps you can get curious here? What really happens when you get distracted? How long does it last? What do you get from it and what do you lose? Maybe becoming mindful and aware – without becoming harsh or judgemental – will help. Why not acknowledge that you want to be distracted, but carry on working a little bit more than usual – just to see what it’s like. You might have got this freedom thing all wrong. Without getting too paranoid, maybe several hundred thousand people want you (and others like you) to be distracted so you can consume whatever they are offering. Maybe staying with your work is a much more potent statement of your independence and freedom.