4 Counterintuitive, Science-Backed Ways to Improve Your Focus
The things you’re avoiding could actually boost your productivity.
It turns out that all the things that you’re avoiding; all the things that make you feel like you’re being unproductive, could actually improve your focus.
The reason you haven’t realized before is that struggling to focus is like running in a hamster wheel. It’s a self-perpetuating cycle: the more you struggle, the harder you try to focus; the harder you try to focus, the more you struggle.
Think about it. You’re sitting in front of your work, trying to make sense of things, but your mind keeps wandering. It feels like there’s an annoying grey haze clouding your vision, and no matter how hard you focus your eyes, you can’t get any closer to the work.
The more time goes by, the more frustrated you become. You’ve achieved nothing and you’ve wasted your time. You become even more demoralized, anxious, and it becomes even harder to focus. But you keep trying; you keep struggling, and you keep wasting time.
This cycle continues until you realize it’s time to call ‘time of death’ on today. You go to bed feeling disappointed and annoyed.
