The Practice of Meticulous Attention

Source https://zenhabits.net/meticulous/

By Leo Babauta

All day long, we’re only giving anything a fraction of our attention.

We’re distracted, multitasking, opening multiple browser tabs, checking phone messages and social media.

I’m a part of this like anyone else. I’m not immune, and I don’t judge.

This fractured, scattered, partial attention has many deleterious effects on our lives:

  • We never really pour ourselves into any task, fully giving ourselves to the task. We can’t accomplish a craftsman-like devotion to our work.
  • Our minds become frazzled, anxious, stressed from the constant rushing and switching. We never achieve any kind of peace and presence.
  • By not giving our full attention to the person in front of us, we are shutting out the possibility of full connection. Of intimacy and trust.
  • When we read and watch videos and listen to songs in a fractured, partial-attent…

Source https://zenhabits.net/meticulous/

By Leo Babauta

All day long, we’re only giving anything a fraction of our attention.

We’re distracted, multitasking, opening multiple browser tabs, checking phone messages and social media.

I’m a part of this like anyone else. I’m not immune, and I don’t judge.

This fractured, scattered, partial attention has many deleterious effects on our lives:

  • We never really pour ourselves into any task, fully giving ourselves to the task. We can’t accomplish a craftsman-like devotion to our work.
  • Our minds become frazzled, anxious, stressed from the constant rushing and switching. We never achieve any kind of peace and presence.
  • By not giving our full attention to the person in front of us, we are shutting out the possibility of full connection. Of intimacy and trust.
  • When we read and watch videos and listen to songs in a fractured, partial-attent…

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