Dr. Lila Landowski

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Well, we've just got to train our mental muscles basically.

So we've got to actually force ourselves to pay attention to things.

So one thing that you could do is just let's say 20 minutes a day, you put your phone away, put every distraction away that you possibly have and just focus on whatever it is that you're trying to focus on.

And the more you do that, the easier it will get.

Other ways that you can sort of train your focus is through things like focused attention meditation, which is basically a type of meditation where you're just, you know, you might be focusing on one body part at a time.

But by doing that, you're focusing your attention and it just helps train that mental muscle.

Other things you could do, I mean, I always love having a pad next to me when I'm working because when an idea pops into my head,

or something that I was meant to do pops into my head, I write it down.

And it's really important to write it down because it takes it out of your working memory.

So you're not, you know, we've got this finite amount of working memory.

It's basically the working memories is pretty much this really, really, really short term memory that stores about, you know, the information that allows you to do what you're doing in that moment.

So my working memory has told me I'm aware of what I just said, so I don't repeat it.

It's like just that really thin,

It's in the moment, right?

And if

you're also thinking about, oh, I need to do this thing.

You're going to keep thinking about it.

But by putting it down on paper, you can take it out of that working memory and you can just focus on what you're doing.