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Attention

Mental test

Imagine you have 20 volts of attention in total. If you devote your mind to something, you spend 5 volts. If you get distracted, you waste 5 volts. For instance, you are seated at your desk and you settle into an uncomfortable posture. That alone drains about 5 volts of attention. Now you get bored. You see your work as a chore and you are at crossroads. Part of you says “do it”, the other says “don’t do it”.

Another 5 volts are chalked off. Now, your mind gets distracted. You start thinking of your summer plans, the movie premiere, the dirty laundry, the dirty dishes, what you will have for dinner, and it goes on and on until you use up all your remaining attention volts. The task at hand fades away completely.

We are guilty of going through life using our mental energy on everything besides the tasks at hand. We clog our minds with many thoughts. We are busy anticipating, worrying, analyzing and planning.

We lose our attention volts that way and we fail at the tasks we set out to accomplish. Therefore, one of the first things we should do to improve our attention is loosening up our minds.