My team tried blocking Slack to focus — it worked

It’s time to write. I make some coffee, open a blank document, then decide to quickly check Slack before I get started. Two hours later, I’ve written nothing. Team chat apps are essential for online collaboration, but their very existence makes it hard to focus on longer-term projects. There’s always something I could be responding to on Slack, and responding to those things usually feels productive—and sometimes it is. But that time adds up, and I’m perp