Do you occasionally need a jumpstart? Have you been frequently daydreaming? Not as active as you’re used to? You’re not alone.
Are you absent-minded? Here’s an example: you’re taking notes with a pen then the phone rings --- you answer the phone, and you spend time, energy and aggravation trying to look for the pen afterwards, only to find it neatly tucked up your ear.
Some people dismiss events like these as just being “not their day.” But it happens to the best and the rest of us. Most especially at times when we try to juggle a job, an active home life and an extra-curricular activity --- there’s only so much things you could hold in your mind at a time!
“Mind wandering” --- it’s a phenomenon that’s apparently not getting enough attention from the big brains of the scientists that are studying it. It’s inexplicable why on average, a person will daydream 30% of the time, and spend 60% sleeping or working. If you think about it long and hard enough, those figures add up to an incredible amount of time and energy wasted doing nothing.
While it happens to the rest of us, we wonder --- how come so-and-so’s so active and alert most of the time? Is there something going on in their brain of theirs that’s not happening in yours? Did they get an upgrade, or a patch, that you didn’t download?
It’s not that they’re cheating --- it’s just that they’re more alert than we are! While absent minds can usually waste time, think of the consequences --- the inconvenience an absent mind may bring to a community. What if a member of the demolition crew forgot which direction he was swinging a wrecking ball? What if that same person drove the ball right up your wall? Not too small an inconvenience, eh?
Mental alertness is the key in combating the effects of absent-mindedness. Simple mental queues while doing an action can help. Tell yourself, “I’m clipping the pen above my ear / I’m swinging the wrecking ball to the left / Insert-action here” while doing the action to help anchor in what you’re currently doing before a state-breaking interruption.
There are other, ways in which you could invoke your inner alert tiger --- such as the right amount of caffeine, guarana, gingko biloba, gotu kola and fish oils can help heighten your mental alertness state.
Don’t sweat it if you forget things from time to time --- it happens. Now what was I talking about?
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