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The Practice of Meticulous Attention
Meticulous attention
To give your meticulous attention to a task, a person, an action, a moment means to give it everything you have right now: all of your concentration, time, love and devotion.
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A fraction of our attention
When we put into our daily activities only a fraction of our attention:
- We never fully give ourselves to any task.
- Our minds become stressed from the neverending switching.
- We are denying the possibility of full connection.
- We lose the chance to be present with our bodies.
- We don't appreciate the beauty of this moment.
Meticulous attention
To give your meticulous attention to a task, a person, an action, a moment means to give it everything you have right now: all of your concentration, time, love and devotion.
The practice of Meticulous attention
- Notice each activity that you’re doing as a separate event.
- For every event, ask yourself what you can do to give it your full attention. Turn off your phone? Turn your body fully toward the person asking for your attention?
- Give the moment your undivided attention. Let go of thoughts about the future and past and turn toward what you’re facing even more.
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We are constantly distracted throughout the day. Without focusing on anything with a calm, relaxed mind, we keep jumping from messages, to-do lists, social media, and email.
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A Calm State of Mind
- The Mind is not an enemy, which needs to be killed, but something to befriend.
- Creating a calm space inside us can help calm the monkey down. Like a toddler throwing tantrums, you need to calm down the surroundings and minimize activity to keep the noise down.
- Reducing distractions can help calm our Mind. We normally have a thousand things to check or look after throughout the day, be it email, notifications, etc. all of which keep the Monkey Mind jumping.
- We are rushing too fast, most of the day. We need to slow down, pause and get quieter in between our never-ending daily routine.
Prescription For The Distracted Mind
- Meditate in the morning, starting with just 2 minutes.
- Provide yourself intentional space for your focused activities, blocking the time slots.
- Turn off as many distractions from your entire day, while turning on your awareness towards them.
- Do not judge or condemn your mind, and keep witnessing what it is doing.
- Slow down, relax your muscles, and take some deep breaths to calm yourself.
- Take frequent short breaks, putting space between two activities.
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Addiction to information
Neuroplasticity
... is how the brain changes (for better or worse) in response to repeated experience: the things we do often we become stronger at, and what we don't use fades away.
Learn yourself out of procrastination
- Accept that you are going to procrastinate sometimes
- Disconnect from your smartphone. Otherwise, it will demand your attention subconsciously
- Be mindful with your emotions when you catch yourself procrastinating
- Focus on one thing at a time, to avoid feeling overwhelmed
- Take breaks
- Celebrate your accomplishments.
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Social media
The rise of social media has meant that we as a global population are more connected than we have ever been in the history of time.
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A study conducted by the University of Copenhagen found that many people suffer from “Facebook envy”, with those who abstained from using the popular site reporting that they felt more satisfied with their lives.
Becoming more conscious of the amount of time you spend scrolling through other people’s online profiles could help you focus more on yourself and boost your self-confidence.
Human connection
It’s so important for us to be able to communicate and forge personal connections with one another. However, it can be hard to do so when we’re glued to rectangular screens, becoming more acquainted with our friends’ digital facades than their real-life personas.
A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology that assessed 5,208 subjects found that overall, regular use of Facebook had a negative impact on an individual’s wellbeing.
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