EVERYTHING IS A DISTRACTION (2ND PART)
Subscribe In the last article, I explained that distraction can be, basically, anything that diverts our attention from a desired area of focus and that our attention is not continuous as we perceive it but our ability to focus is designed to work in bursts of attention, rather than uninterruptedly. However, we still have the initial question pending: Is distraction a curse or a blessing? I will address this question in this article below. To answer this question, we need to look at this issue from the mind or psychological standpoint. By understanding how our attention works from the biological standpoint, we can leverage this biological limitation to our advantage. “We can use distraction as a powerful tool for reducing the impact of painful or negative experiences (self-suppression) or for promoting positive experiences (self-expansion),” says Dr. Jane McGonigal in her book, SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully . In the first case, distraction can be extremely usefu