Yes. People. This.
And it applies even more to texts.
It prevents you from fully interacting with the people who are actually around you when you pull out your phone every 30 seconds to fire off a quick text reply.
There is absolutely no reason to check your texts on a continuous basis, as they come in. It makes you nervous and instills a perpetual low-grade anxiety in you.
If it's an emergency, they'll call you. If it's not, then it can wait.
tl;dr check notifications in batches, at predetermined checkin points, rather than continuously throughout the day. You'll be happier for it.
It prevents you from fully interacting with the people who are actually around you when you pull out your phone every 30 seconds to fire off a quick text reply.
There is absolutely no reason to check your texts on a continuous basis, as they come in. It makes you nervous and instills a perpetual low-grade anxiety in you.
If it's an emergency, they'll call you. If it's not, then it can wait.
tl;dr check notifications in batches, at predetermined checkin points, rather than continuously throughout the day. You'll be happier for it.