OK , it's not just an idea . The fact that occasionally our focus will flicker , it will jump out of focus . And then a big part of being able to focus is to go back to focusing .
The way I'd like you to conceptualize this perhaps is that Arrowhead suddenly getting very , very broad that you're focusing on many things or that arrow shifts to a different location in the room . The key is to be able to shift it back and to narrow it once again . And that's an active process so much so that it requires a lot of metabolic energy .
Our ability to focus is not just related to what happens during the entry and movement through those focus bouts . But after those focus bouts , we really need to deliberately decompress . And of course , the ultimate decompress the time in which we are not directing our thinking and our action is during sleep .
I mean , it might be the gut microbiome but chances are , it's because people are on their phones in the bathroom . So you're doing yourself and everybody else a favor by staying off your phone in the restroom , staying off your phone while walking down the hall , try and give yourself some time to deliberately decompress , to let your mental states idle , to not be focused on any one thing that period of idling is essential for your ability to focus much in the same way that rest between sets of resistance training or rest between exercise is vital to being able to focus and perform during the actual sets or during the actual bouts of running or cycling or whatever . Uh your particular form of exercise might be so deliberate decompression is key .
I acknowledge and accept the fact that under most conditions , unless I'm really pressed for a deadline and I'm optimally caffeinated , et cetera . The 1st 5 to 10 minutes of that 90 minutes are a transition time . It's like the warm up for focus .
