Addiction

Multitasking can feel productive because you’re constantly doing something.

But being busy across several tasks at once isn’t necessarily the same as making meaningful progress.

Every time your attention jumps from one type of work to another, your brain has to reorient itself to the new task.

Do that repeatedly throughout the day and even familiar work can start to feel more mentally demanding than it needs to.

In today’s video, I look at why multitasking often works against us and share a simple way to organize your work so your brain has fewer reasons to constantly change gears.

What’s the task you’re most likely to interrupt with “just a quick check” of something else?

Also, if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to know that I post daily mental health videos about how to deal with painful thoughts. So if you or anyone you know is struggling and wants help, click on one of the links below or write me if you have any questions you want me to answer:

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~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

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You can be busy for eight hours and still feel like you barely got anything meaningful done.

Sometimes the problem is that your attention never stayed in one place long enough.

Emails, notifications, conversations, colleagues, and the temptation to check “just one thing” can quietly break the workday into dozens of small pieces.

And by the end of it, you’re not only behind on the work you wanted to finish. You’re mentally exhausted too.

In today’s video, I share a simple experiment you can try to see just how often your attention is being pulled away during a normal workday, and one way to start taking some of that control back.

How often do you think you get interrupted during a typical day at work?

What’s one thing you’ve made it through that once felt impossible?

Also, if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to know that I post daily mental health videos about how to deal with painful thoughts. So if you or anyone you know is struggling and wants help, click on one of the links below or write me if you have any questions you want me to answer:

www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen

www.tiktok.com/@thomas_of_copenhagen

~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

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Today marks the day that I have completed a full year free from alcohol addiction and been sober since this time last year 👌
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I just wanted to share this to encourage you that you're so much more loved than you can even imagine. ☀️ ✨ 🌺
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As you read this, what do you think? Are you confident with your own choices? Or is easier to go along with what others do?

When I was a teenager, I wanted to dress like my friends, listen to the same music. However in college, I began to dress and follow my own dreams. And here I am a 73 year old and a grandmother! I live with my partner, both of us refusing to marry each other. With years of experiences behind me, I am an "independent thinker" who doesn't need to explain myself and am comfortable with my limits.

Please don't be a follower just because it's easier and seems safer. Be brave and step aside. Be an independent thinker! We feel so much stronger when we do.

Just a reminder that you're not alone. Sending you all love.
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This thought really hit me. There have been times in all of our lives where we are drowning so much, we can't even think of how to ask for help- let alone actually do it.
I want you to know that you are worthy of help, hope and healing. It's okay to admit when you're struggling.

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Bringing it back to basics. Here are some very simple coping skill ideas you can use ☺️ Or make your own!

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