how i fixed my attention span

Click to try Headspace for free using our code ANSWER60 In a world full of notifications, social media scrolling, and distractions, is it still possible to stay focused? In this video, Sabrina uses a brain-scanning EEG to figure out how focus works, why a lot of productivity advice fails, and what we can actually do to save our attention span. SUPPORT US ON PATREON SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: Instagram: Melissa Twitter: Instagram: Taha Twitter: Instagram: CREDITS Produced by Sabrina Cruz Research Assistance by Ive Velikova Video Editing by Joe Trickey Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz Sound Design by Joe Trickey Thank you to Emotiv for providing a discount on the EEG headset MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today using our affiliate link. RECOMMENDED READING Working Memory and Attention – A Conceptual Analysis and Review by Klaus Oberauer Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana TIMESTAMPS 00:00 admitting im an ipad kid 00:41 thank you to Headspace and our patrons 01:04 not gwyneth paltrow, thankfully 01:06 i spent my entire budget on an EEG (i hope it works) 01:35 how an EEG works 02:02 why i needed an EEG 02:24 measuring my baseline focus 02:55 i lost hours trying to figure out how to export this 03:00 did you know seaborn was named after a west wing character 03:03 quantitative evidence that im an ipad kid 04:29 why is every book about focus about productivity 04:51 3 things you need to know about focus 04:58 Attention vs Focus: what’s the difference 05:10 the limitations of focus 05:28 can you train your focus? maybe 05:51 minimizing external distractions 06:24 finding out internal distractions exist 07:00 limiting multitasking with time boxing 07:12 how to build a focus schedule 07:58 anything can be a notion template if you try hard enough 08:15 does this actually work? 08:26 YES! 08:45 Wait… Nevermind. 08:52 are productivity hangovers a thing 09:32 sleep continues to be important 09:55 but the problem persists 09:57 this made perfect sense at the time, but in hindsight, i was not okay 10:46 i’m just glad she didn’t tell me to do an ice bath 11:02 trying meditation against my own will 11:14 our videos are only possible with sponsors so use code ANSWER60 12:31 shockingly, i’m bad at meditating 13:24 trusting the process 13:39 why am i saying good news like it’s bad news 13:53 welcome to statistics 101 14:36 how meditation changed my focus 14:45 oh no, i’m overthinking again 15:40 15 minutes in AND WE’VE GOT ANOTHER RESEARCH MONTAGE?! 16:29 where did meditation come from 16:46 different types of meditation 17:03 what science says about meditation and focus 17:26 a necessary footnote 17:39 Meditation vs Productivity: what’s the difference? 18:21 why haven’t I tried meditation sooner 19:00 why I’m going to continue meditating ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! Meditation was always tricky for me. Sometimes it would work but other times it wouldn’t. I eventually realized that I could only ever really meditate during a full moon… Turns out, I’m just an aware wolf. Leave a comment with the word AWARE to let me know you were here ;-)