How to Keep Your Mind From Wandering- Concentration
It is the habit
of the mind to wander and move from one thing to another.
What happens when
you sit quietly for a few minutes trying to think about a certain subject, or
just sit down to relax? Next time you do this, try to watch your mind, and you
will discover that it flits around like a butterfly, going from one thought to
another.
The mind keeps
thinking, worrying, asking questions, answering, giving excuses, telling
stories, imagining, creating problems and solving them.
This happens not
only while you sit down to relax, but also while working, driving, cooking,
eating or doing anything else. This non-stop activity weakens your ability to
focus your mind, and as well as interferes with your ability to deal
effectively with what you are doing at each moment of the day.
A wandering mind
can prevent you from falling asleep, finishing your tasks and work, and
completing what you are doing. It also wastes your time and energy, and can be
tiring sometimes.
Some people would
tell you that if you perform more than one task at a time, you will save time
and get more done. This might be true at times, when carrying out automatic
tasks that do not require your or attention, but you will get done, and more
accurately and efficiently, if you focus on just one thing at a time.
How many times
have you tried to do several things at the same time, but ended doing mistakes
and then having to correct them?
When you focus on
one task at a time, you do it more efficiently, easily and quickly. Paying your
undivided attention to one subject is a sort of meditation, and this action
teaches your mind obedience and discipline. When your mind is obedient and
disciplined, it stops wandering, and you are more at peace.
How Do You Stop
Your Mind from Wandering?
There is no magic
formula. The recipe for stopping your mind from wandering is practice, and more
practice, perseverance and patience.
Don’t look at
this as a boring and tiring task. Consider this as a game that rewards you with
a precious prize. A prize that is a powerful tool for making your life better,
happier and more successful.
Multitasking is
an advantage at certain times, but focusing your mind on one thing, and
preventing it from wandering to other tasks or thoughts can save you the time
you might waste on correcting errors and mistakes due to lack of attention.
How to Keep Your
Mind From Wandering:
Try focusing on
one thing at a time.
Write one email
at a time.
Eat your lunch
Mindfully.
Drink your cup of
coffee attentively.
Read your book
with full attention.
Drive your car
with full attention.
While conversing,
keep your mind on the conversation and prevent it from drifting to the TV
screen in front of you, to the noises around you, or to people coming and
going.
If you meditate,
focus on the subject of meditation, and when your mind wanders, bring it back.
Align your mind
with what you are doing. Don’t do one thing, while thinking about something
else.
When you catch
your mind wandering, bring it back to what you are doing. This might not be
easy, but if you keep trying you will gradually succeed.
Become aware of
your thoughts, and always bring your mind back to what you are doing.
For him who has
no concentration, there is no tranquility.
Beware of
dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.
So when you are
listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only
to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole
of it, not part of it.
If you direct
your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears
will reach the mind.
Increase the strength of your focus gradually. ...
Create a distraction to-do list. ...
Build your willpower. ...
Meditate. ...
Practice mindfulness throughout the day. ...
Exercise (your body). ...
Memorize stuff. ...
Read long stuff slowly.
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