Tag: focus
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Be honest. How many times have you picked up your phone today? Not because it rang. Not because somebody messaged you. Not because you needed to do something. Just… because. You unlocked it. Looked at the home screen. Opened an app. Closed it. Then put it back down again. Five minutes later, you did exactly…
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You open social media for five minutes. Half an hour later, you put your phone down. Nothing particularly bad happened. You didn’t argue with anyone. You didn’t read devastating news. You didn’t watch anything especially upsetting. And yet… You somehow feel worse than when you picked it up. More tired. More distracted. Less motivated. Mentally…
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You sit down to read something important. Within minutes, your hand reaches for your phone. You start watching a film but feel the urge to check messages before the opening scene has finished. You open an email, switch to another tab, remember something else, check a notification and then return to the email having forgotten…
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Constant input and your brain are now almost impossible to separate. From the moment you wake up, information starts arriving. Messages. Emails. News. Notifications. Podcasts. Videos. Meetings. Music. Social media. Other people’s opinions. Even when you are not actively looking for information, something is usually trying to reach you. It can feel normal because almost…