Your Low-Stress Guide to Leveling-Up Your Bedtime Routine
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But being engaged is actually just one determinant of attention.
Just being engaged in something isnt sufficient to characterize how our attention functions.
What do the four types of attention look like in practice?
(Cue the Candy Crush or TikTok mind-numb from above.)
Rote activity is mechanical and routine, says Dr. Mark.
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Boring activities just dont provide much stimulation, making it difficult to concentrate on them, she says.
You cant focus for an entire day in the same way that you cant lift weights all day.
This gives your brain a much-needed break and an opportunity toreplenish some of those attentional resources.
When youre in a rote or bored state, the mind isopenfor distraction.
Dr. Mark
The only problem is, those low-challenge attentional states make you prone to distraction.
Its when youre already in a rote or bored state that the mind isopenfor distraction.
3 tips to gain control of your attention and improve your focus
1. and Do I feel like I have the mental energy to continue, or do I feel drained?
But if you use rote attention strategically, you could actually help yourself replenish your attentional resources.
This way, your call was the hook that I knew would pull me out.
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