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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:

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It's thankful Thursday! Tell us three things in the comments 👇 that you're thankful for today.
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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:

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An awesome quote about what courage actually looks like. How can this help you be more brave today?
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An awesome quote about what courage actually looks like. How can this help you be more brave today?
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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:

www.instagram.com/thomas_of_copenhagen

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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

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