Focus during monk mode

bruh_my_jays · 2016-07-03T14:38:27+00:00

If you want to focus better, make sure that you're breathing properly. Practice breathing in a steady, consistent, rhythmic manner every day. The reason why this is important is because your breathing affects your heart rate, or more specifically, the variability of your heart rate--which in turn affects the blood flow to your frontal lobe, which determines your levels of coherence and focus.

ouselesso · 2016-07-03T16:30:21+00:00

I was a pretty anxious person, after my divorce I realized I had a lot of self discovery to do to stop the internal distractions and hamstering. Things that work for me:

1 - Mindfulness: being aware of my current thoughts and mood, not allowing myself to give life and attention to self depreciating or distracting thoughts and behaviors. Always ask "why did I respond this way and did I get my desired results". This makes me feel tethered to the present moment, being honest with myself.

2 - Meditation: hand in hand with Mindfulness, but I tend to focus on clearing my thoughts during meditation and focus on being "present". If you learn breathing techniques and meditation, you can learn methods to bring yourself back in the "moment" during stressful, anxious or distracting moments.

3 - Empowering thoughts: once I became aware of my thoughts, I learned a lot of why I distracted myself was because I was constantly thinking disempowering thoughts... I was literally finding reasons to distract myself from unpleasant realities. I learned to embrace situations with a "what can I learn from this" mentality. This enabled me to be real with myself and stop trying to rationalize situations aka hamstering to fit a unrealistic model of living.

After making these daily habits, I find myself being a much more slow mover. Nothing but the best laid plans for myself. Friends have commented on how much more relaxed and in the moment I am now.

Title	Focus during monk mode
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Date	July 3, 2016 2:06 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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