Do you know what happens when you don’t practice patience?
Let’s be real, not many of us can watch a television episode on tv without fidgeting or scrolling on our devices. It’s not that we’ve lost the behavior to sit through a movie. We just have a lot of options available to us.
How to manage all the attention you have because of technology
A software’s application is to grab your attention, and keep it on its platform for as long as possible. Apps are designed to make money. The longer you stay on an app the more money it makes. You’re its tool and it’s not the other way round. Apps are good. They serve good purposes in our lives. But learn to take breaks if you want to develop your emotional control.
- Why you attention span is dropping to dangerous levels
With technology, we’ve gone backwards… It’s true. We don’t do a lot for ourselves anymore. The easiness of apps is our downfall. In life… where you focus your attention determines success and failure. It’s time you focus on your health and not what’s trending. When you wake up, how long does it take before you scroll on your phone? We focus a lot on what’s happening on our phone than what is happening inside of you.
Take back your self-awareness: Did you read something informative today? Did you call someone dear in your life, not just text or send an emoji? Did you put your app down and pick up a magazine? I remember waiting for popular magazines to print their next edition. Photos, pictures, trending events took time to get to us, which made it good for our patience.
Why you attention span is dropping to dangerous levels
In our time, where apps rule. Less is more. Don’t follow the crowd. Focus on things which make you stand out. Be more enlightened. Learn new things, meaning don’t be up to date on popular trends, which in the end have no positive effect in your life. Do you know what happens when you don’t practice patience? You lose a part of you which helps you manage stress. Relationships. And self control.
Your attention span is important to keep you grounded. You cannot pay attention if you don’t practice patience. You won’t listen if your attention span continues to drop. You’ll fight with other people because you don’t want to listen. In the end you’ll become ungovernable and more like a tyrant.
The key to improving your attention span is to limit things which currently seem important
On your phone you have options to limit your video watch time hours… Do we use it? No! And that’s what the app wants. Its artificial intelligence works hard to hold onto you. Fight it and put your device down. Learn using other tools at your disposal. Read an actual book. Watch a tv documentary on subjects you like. Feel free to detox and have emotional well-being free days where you increase your empathy doing the opposite of what you’d normally do.
Conclusion
The decision to better yourself is all on you. If you do nothing you’ll regret not taking action to increase your attention span. With emotional intelligence you need to continuously nurture it. Develop it. And protect it. This is how you find yourself coping in many situations where other people struggle. Therefore, your attention span struggles when you don’t monitor it.
