{"id":8050,"date":"2023-10-10T16:36:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8050"},"modified":"2023-10-10T16:36:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:36:51","slug":"4-simple-ways-to-tune-out-distractions-improve-focus-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8050","title":{"rendered":"4 Simple Ways To Tune Out Distractions &#038; Improve Focus Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_210,w_2000,h_1124\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/07795c03sl9cvxaid.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div end=\"false\">\n<p>It&#8217;s telling that the optimal recommended video length on TikTok is between 21 and 34 seconds. These days, that&#8217;s about how long our attention spans tend to last.<\/p>\n<p>Our constant task-switching is\u2014unsurprisingly\u2014not so great for our brains. &#8220;Switching back and forth between tasks is burning up the brain&#8217;s primary fuel source, which is oxygenated glucose. The brain has to &#8216;travel a path&#8217; to go from one task to another, which uses fuel,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/wc\/chris-lee-ma\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/wc\/chris-lee-ma\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Lee<\/a>, a neuroscience and technology expert, tells mindbodygreen.<\/p>\n<p>Multi-tasking also drains our cognitive reserves. Think of the brain as its own person: If you ask it to hold on to too many things, Lee explains, eventually it&#8217;s going to run out of hands and drop something. No matter who you are, research shows that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2713348\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2713348\/\" rel=\"noopener\">task performance deteriorates<\/a> when you attempt to take on more than one task at a time.<\/p>\n<p>In an age of information overload, cultivating attention has never been more important\u2014or more difficult. We asked Lee to share the best strategies he&#8217;s found for tuning out distractions and living a more focused life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s telling that the optimal recommended video length on TikTok is between 21 and 34 seconds. These days, that&#8217;s about how long our attention spans tend to last. Our constant task-switching is\u2014unsurprisingly\u2014not so great for our brains. &#8220;Switching back and forth between tasks is burning up the brain&#8217;s primary fuel source, which is oxygenated glucose. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[80,128,49],"class_list":["post-8050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-brain","tag-focus","tag-mbgsupplements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}