Most articles on distraction reinforce the same narrative of "eliminating" distraction to rank higher in SEO and keep people distracted. They lack the necessary nuance to help those who get distracted easily.
As a human who writes stuff for a living, I find distraction to be the best tool when used correctly. To a degree, I would say it's necessary.
A person who has just started his meditation practice won't shy away from telling you how the sense of empty space is immediately overtaken by a random thought or worry as soon as the mind starts to settle. This is also the reason why most people give up on meditation. To overcome this problem, gurus often give their students a mantra — a word, phrase, or group of sentences.
When repeated, it leaves little room for thoughts that pull you out of the moment. In a way, the mantra becomes the distraction that helps you concentrate, a type of distraction that pulls you in rather than taking you out of the present moment.
When I’m stuck at any point in my writing process or feel like I’m forcing words out of my system, I simply step away from the project to create space to let a solution appear. I have a big head. I don’t need a problem to be the first thing on it. There’s plenty of space. The problem can hang anywhere in the back while I engage in mundane and meaningless tasks that aren’t remotely related to work.