{"id":16261,"date":"2024-10-18T10:37:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T08:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/18\/pay-attention-12-ways-to-improve-your-focus-and-concentration-span\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T10:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T08:37:22","slug":"pay-attention-12-ways-to-improve-your-focus-and-concentration-span","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/18\/pay-attention-12-ways-to-improve-your-focus-and-concentration-span\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay attention! 12 ways to improve your focus and concentration span"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From gamifying your to-do list to going for a regular morning walk, top tips for improving concentration from psychotherapists, health coaches and other experts<\/p>\n<p>Forty-seven seconds. That was the average length of time an adult could focus on a screen for in 2021, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gloriamark.com\/attention-span\/\">research by Gloria Mark,<\/a> a\u00a0professor of informatics at the University of California. Twenty years ago, in 2004, that number stood at two-and-a-half minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Our attention spans \u2013 how long we\u2019re able to concentrate without being distracted \u2013 are shrinking. Our focus \u2013 how intensely we can think about things \u2013 is suffering too. The causes: technology that\u2019s designed to demand our attention; endless tools for procrastination at our fingertips; rising stress and anxiety disorders; and poor sleep quality. But there are solutions. From quick-fix hacks to major lifestyle changes, we asked experts for their tips on how to think harder for longer.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2024\/oct\/18\/improve-focus-concentration-span-expert-tips\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2909040fcbbbd2bd372aac9d596b4eb3a42460bc\/0_69_5524_3314\/master\/5524.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ef33723fce2228658ae42afd34fc9cb3\" title=\"Pay attention! 12 ways to improve your focus and concentration span\" \/>From gamifying your to-do list to going for a regular morning walk, top tips for improving concentration from psychotherapists, health coaches and other experts<br \/>\nForty-seven seconds. That was the average length of time an adult could focus on a screen for in 2021, according to research by Gloria Mark, a\u00a0professor of informatics at the University of California. Twenty years ago, in 2004, that number stood at two-and-a-half minutes.<br \/>\nOur attention spans \u2013 how long we\u2019re able to concentrate without being distracted \u2013 are shrinking. Our focus \u2013 how intensely we can think about things \u2013 is suffering too. The causes: technology that\u2019s designed to demand our attention; endless tools for procrastination at our fingertips; rising stress and anxiety disorders; and poor sleep quality. But there are solutions. From quick-fix hacks to major lifestyle changes, we asked experts for their tips on how to think harder for longer. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From gamifying your to-do list to going for a regular morning walk, top tips for improving concentration from psychotherapists, health coaches and other experts Forty-seven seconds. That was the average length of time an adult could focus on a screen for in 2021, according to research by Gloria Mark, a\u00a0professor of informatics at the University &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/18\/pay-attention-12-ways-to-improve-your-focus-and-concentration-span\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pay attention! 12 ways to improve your focus and concentration span<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16261"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}