I feel your pain. I guess I would break these distractions down into a three categories:
Self-inflicted: Too much time on reddit, Twitter... DEV.to... Not much you can do here except exercising discipline and maybe installing a page-blocking browser extension.
Environmental: A noisy office, coworkers stopping by to talk about non-work related stuff too often, etc. A pair of noise-cancelling headphones and politely telling your coworkers that you need to get on with work might go a long way.
Work related: The hardest to address, because sometimes the person making demands of your time is more senior than you, and it can be hard or impossible to refuse them without causing problems.
A few things that might be helpful to bear in mind:
A lot of meetings should have been an email. If you find that you're being pulled into too many meetings that you don't need to be in, they might be willing to send out an e-mail summary instead.
"I'm sorry, I'm busy doing x" is an acceptable thing to say in most circumstances.
Just because someone is calling you, that might not mean you have to pick up.
It's okay to figure out what your professional boundaries are and politely and professionally assert them, so long as you are mindful of the needs of others as well.
I feel your pain. I guess I would break these distractions down into a three categories:
It's okay to figure out what your professional boundaries are and politely and professionally assert them, so long as you are mindful of the needs of others as well.
i think i will put them down to self-inflicted and work related. I will take your advice and work towards them