what's the best tip you can give on how to master your focus and attention?
would love to hear from both ppl who have a hard time with this and from those who do not
Discussion
Master your will first?
what do you mean with will?
Will', Latin volitio, 'act of will' is a term interpreted differently in many disciplines, generally meaning the development of mental ideas into reality through actions. Will is therefore also referred to as implementation competence.
so am i assuming correctly that figuring out what you want in life has helped you with mastering directing focus and attention?
In many situations it is helpful to find something of value even in repetitive tasks so you can focus on the action you want to take, does that make sense?
Allow yourself to get bored.
Put aside your phone or any other distractions and let your body feel the feeling of being bored. Many of us have almost forgotten that being bored was a legit feeling, that helped us think about the ways to get rid of boredom. Once, you find the ways you will see a very heightened focus levels.
It helps me from time to time but it still difficult for me to allow myself to get bored now. Constant touching phones or distractions.
Well, i had both: days where I am focused af working on one thing. And days were I distract myself just the whole time and don’t get anything done.
Comparing these days I noticed a few things:
1. How I start the day. When I do my morning routine (which includes cold showering and meditation), I can be super focused. Otherwise when I just chill in my bed in the morning watching some YouTube videos and then start my day, I am not.
2. Where I have my phone. When it is right there on the table, I grab it almost automatically all the time. Just a bad habit. When I place it in another room - or even behind my laptop where I cannot see it - I just don’t use it. It makes a lot of difference for me!
3. How much stress I make myself. On days where I stress myself, because I need to do something what I really have to finish that day, then I am less productive ironically. When I get myself to take it easy and forget about the deadline and be in the flow, it just works better. And because I am not that productive when I am stressed, I am even more stressed because I am unproductive. Its a death spiral.
Phone in another room
THC helps me concentrate more than anything else.
Best drug free way,
Make a list.
Check off list task by task.