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Meetings are stealing more than just your time

A one-hour meeting rarely costs you just one hour.

There’s the time you spend anticipating it.

The disruption to whatever you were working on beforehand.

And the time afterwards when part of your mind is still stuck on what was just discussed.

This is one reason a calendar packed with meetings can leave you feeling busy all day while making sustained, focused work surprisingly difficult.

In today’s video, I look at the idea of attention residue and share a few simple ways to reduce the mental cost of moving in and out of meetings throughout the day.

Sometimes protecting your focus isn’t about finding more time.

It’s about being more intentional with the time that’s already in your calendar.

Is there one meeting on your calendar this week that could be shorter, combined, or handled another way?

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

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Your Environment Might Be Killing Your Focus

When we struggle to concentrate, our first instinct is often to blame ourselves.

We tell ourselves to try harder, be more disciplined, or stop getting distracted.

But sometimes the problem isn’t your motivation.

It’s everything around you competing for your attention.

Your phone. Notifications. Open browser tabs. Conversations nearby. People moving around you.

Individually, these distractions seem small. But when your brain has to keep resisting them throughout the day, staying focused becomes much harder than it needs to be.

In today’s video, I look at how small changes to your environment can make it easier to protect your attention without relying entirely on willpower.

What’s the biggest distraction in your own work environment?

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. ~

#MentalHealth #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Addiction #dissociativedisorders #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #ADHD #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #PTSD #Cancer #RareDisease #Disability #Autism #Diabetes #EatingDisorders #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #RheumatoidArthritis #Suicide #MightyTogether

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