# mental detour
2024-02-21
The other day, the YouTube algorithm led me into a rabbit hole about devices where we can only do one thing: type. Most of them have a small screen and a keyboard. That's it. After watching more videos about this topic than I should have, I couldn't stop thinking about how different people are.
That would never work for me. I frequently [[vladcampos.com/Timeline/Blog/2020s/2022/2022-05-02 Getting away from the problem for a while often leads to new insights|need to escape from my writing when I'm stuck]]. And if I'm being honest, I'm always escaping, regardless of what I'm doing. Distractions are an integral part of my creative process. I need them!
Okay, time to get back to the article I was working on 🫣
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