A few years ago I worked at a place with frequent internet outages. This was the first time I noticed how refreshing it can be to be disconnected for a while. People, after a few minutes of frustration not being able to access their profile pages and their email, started to talk to each other. Others managed to really focus on their work for the first time in days. I got more work done in these internet breaks than throughout the rest of the week. This is when I realized how important it is to be able to focus on the task at hand without distractions.
