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Seeking support from others
Identifying the symptoms of burnout
Learning to say no
Less visual clutter to eliminate distractions
When your eyes are closed, your brain isn’t working as hard to filter out visual information. So:
- Use one screen, one browser window, and one computer program at a time.
- Keep your physical and virtual desktop tidy.
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Suppressing distraction gets harder with age
Our ability to filter out distractions, not our concentration, diminishes with age.
As we grow older we get more and more distracted.
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Activities that boost focus
To increase our ability to concentrate try :
- Exercise
- Meditation
- Spending time in nature may help boost cognitive control
- Coggnitive exercises & immersive action video games
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Attention = Focusing + Ignoring
Paying attention involves two separate distinct brain functions:
- “enhancement” - our ability to focus on things that matter)
- “suppression” - our ability to ignore the things that don’t.
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"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness." - Schopenhauer
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