At first I thought "what? You have to remind me to eat when I'm working. This guy must just not be into his work". Then I realised there may be another factor at play that I've long dreaded may come to fruition.
Are you by chance younger than 30? It could be that people just don't have attention spans like they used to (causes have been discussed to death, so I won't regurgitate. Suffice to say; the modern web). When I was growing up, we had a lot of practice being bored, which made anything that could break that boredom precious. Scarcity cultivates focus like nothing else.
Something else to bear in mind is that you're not really supposed to be able to concentrate for more than 40 minutes at a time, it's how the brain works.
Are you by chance younger than 30? It could be that people just don't have attention spans like they used to (causes have been discussed to death, so I won't regurgitate. Suffice to say; the modern web). When I was growing up, we had a lot of practice being bored, which made anything that could break that boredom precious. Scarcity cultivates focus like nothing else.
Something else to bear in mind is that you're not really supposed to be able to concentrate for more than 40 minutes at a time, it's how the brain works.