How to pay attention

Dear reader, here's a question for you.

When was the last time you plunged into something with all your senses?

Not watching, reading, or screen scrolling.

I'm talking about the soaking how shadows move during sunset kind of plunging.

If you're like me, you'll struggle with an answer.

After all, how can you think about things like these with eyes duct-taped to the screen, tempted to multitask, and two zoom meetings starting at the same time?

Yes, we are getting better at being distracted.

Yes, we're finding harder entering into deep work modes.

Yet, a state of flow is what we need and crave.

We are happiest when do something meaningful.

When we are in flow, we experience joy, time seems to slow down, and we get to progress towards mastery.

"Anything you work long and hard on changes you." - Roman Tschäppeler and Mikael Krogerus

To pay attention is a superpower, an ignored one. The good news is, it's already in you.

How to awake your attention superpower

1. Book a "me time" session in your calendar: make sure to set a reminder impossible to miss.
2. Give all your attention to something at hand: for example, listen to an entire music album (not a playlist), look outside your window, peruse a coffee table book with little to no text, sit at the nearest square, park, or natural sight.
3. Capture what you notice and be amazed: take a photo, sketch, jot down your thoughts. Use that moment to relive everything and celebrate how you're strengthening your focus skill.

So... what are you going to immerse yourself in this week?

Thanks for being such a wonderful reader!

Alberto