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Bring your mind back to what you’re doing

In a large phone study, minds wandered in nearly half of the moments sampled, and people were less happy then. Practise noticing where your attention is and gently bringing it back.

The wandering-mind studySampled 2,250 adults at random moments via an iPhone app

About 7 minutes

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In this lesson

  • Where minds go during the day
  • Even pleasant daydreams did not help
  • Meet Hiroshi at lunch
  • Choose your thinking time on purpose
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 2 questions to check yourself

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