INFOGRAPHICS: How to focus on the main thing in an age of universal distraction

Modern man has entered into a new digital era. The changes that took place centuries ago, strike us in a few years. The amount of information that we absorb every day now, ten years ago, a man received a week, if not more. Dr Martin Hilbert of the University of Southern California says that "In 1986, we daily receive as much information as would put in 40 newspapers, and now every day a person gets this amount of data that would fit in the 174 printed publications. "

Despite the fact that the human brain is an extremely powerful and flexible supercomputer, such rapid changes can not pass without consequences. We feel them myself every day. problems of adaptation to such heavy-duty traffic load expressed as a syndrome of absent-mindedness, constant anxiety, fatigue, poor sleep. Layfhaker almost every day writing about how to deal with these negative phenomena. And today we want you to demonstrate an excellent infographic, which is on the same sheet shows all the basic ways to deal with the above problems.

Organize your space

• Do something one. If you read, keep in the hands of only a book, rather than a mobile phone and a sandwich at the same time.
• Get organized and clean of excess their workplace.
• Set aside 10 minutes every day to get rid of trash.
• Keep a separate folder for incoming messages.

How to work

• Use the 'focused explosions "- periods of time when you are not distracted by anything extraneous. For example, 50 minutes of work - 20 minutes of rest.
• Get yourself a timer.
• Whenever possible, get the hell away from the computer.
• Create a "zone offline" and there use a notebook and pen.

Create your own rituals \ habits

• The switch for the day! Stretching walking or, for example, do some planning.
• Before going to bed, wash all the dishes, clean the kitchen, read, wash.
• In the morning go for a walk, take a shower, meditate, do yourself a healthy breakfast. Good morning read or write their morning pages.

Work with e-mail correctly

• Turn off notifications for new emails.
• Check e-mail only at certain times, but not more than 2-3 times a day.

Set aside time for reflection and analysis

• In the morning, first of all think about what are the three important things you should do today.
• At the end of the day answer yourself a few questions. What I did today of suitable? What could have been done better? What I will focus tomorrow?

Help for dependent Facebook, Twitter and so on

• Install and configure the software to block all sites except the workers, or limit the access time to "harmful" resources.
• Use the full-screen mode in working applications.
• Write in a special focusing text editors: Write Room, Typewriter, OmmWriter.

Take a course of digital detox

• Engage in creative, not associated with computers.
• Spend time with friends and family.
• Read books.
• Say "no" to television, Facebook, mobile and email.

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