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Here’s how to cure your brain fog
Our brains are fascinating. Some days, they feel like our best friends. Some days, our worst enemy. When we have a day when we feel a lack of clarity and focus, this is known as “brain fog”.
There are 3 main reasons we experience brain fog.
**1) Overstimulation**: Tim Ferriss says we live in a world where “attention is currency”. If you watch an ad, someone gets paid. There are massive companies fighting for your attention every day. And they’re winning. Why is clickbait so powerful, for example? It is because of a phenomenon known as ‘supernormal stimuli’ The term was coined by Dutch biologist Niko Tinbergen. His research showed something mind-boggling. Our primitive brains follow stimuli. We do things that make us feel good. However, when he replaced certain triggers for animals with more enticing options... they followed.
An example: Songbird parents would choose to feed fake babies with louder cries and bigger mouths than their own offspring! All to appease the natural paternal instinct. The thing is... we humans also have these mechanisms. And we’re being exploited.
Companies gradually discover what makes our brains tick. They follow our likes, comments, views, etc... Then, they pump our feeds full of them. To the point where we wanted to relax for 10 minutes and now we’re 3 hours in watching funny dog videos. The slope is slippery.
**To counter this...**
- Practice meditation.
- Focus on improving your concentration.
- Reduce your social media usage.
- Turn off phone notifications.
Your brain will start feeling clearer after a few days.
**2) Subconscious disturbances**: Imagine you have 1 month to write a paper. After a week, you say “Ah I’ve still got 3 weeks”. So you procrastinate another week. That looming deadline and how you feel about it hasn’t disappeared. You’ve just delegated it to your subconscious. The more you delegate, the more your mind scatters. Your brain is using more processing power without you realizing it.
**So, what to do?**
- Don’t procrastinate.
- Write out a to-do list.
- Tick things off.
- Create micro steps to victory rather than 1 macro step.
**3) Improve your general health**: Make sure you go to sleep on time. Get 7-9 hours of sleep. Eat a healthy diet. However, one of the most important aspects of your health is exercise. Exercise isn’t just physical benefits. Its mental benefits are equally great.
**In summary:**
3 tips to destroy brain fog:
1. Reduce overstimulation
2. Eliminate subconscious distraction
3. Optimize exercise, sleep, and diet
#inspiration
Our brains are fascinating. Some days, they feel like our best friends. Some days, our worst enemy. When we have a day when we feel a lack of clarity and focus, this is known as “brain fog”.
There are 3 main reasons we experience brain fog.
**1) Overstimulation**: Tim Ferriss says we live in a world where “attention is currency”. If you watch an ad, someone gets paid. There are massive companies fighting for your attention every day. And they’re winning. Why is clickbait so powerful, for example? It is because of a phenomenon known as ‘supernormal stimuli’ The term was coined by Dutch biologist Niko Tinbergen. His research showed something mind-boggling. Our primitive brains follow stimuli. We do things that make us feel good. However, when he replaced certain triggers for animals with more enticing options... they followed.
An example: Songbird parents would choose to feed fake babies with louder cries and bigger mouths than their own offspring! All to appease the natural paternal instinct. The thing is... we humans also have these mechanisms. And we’re being exploited.
Companies gradually discover what makes our brains tick. They follow our likes, comments, views, etc... Then, they pump our feeds full of them. To the point where we wanted to relax for 10 minutes and now we’re 3 hours in watching funny dog videos. The slope is slippery.
**To counter this...**
- Practice meditation.
- Focus on improving your concentration.
- Reduce your social media usage.
- Turn off phone notifications.
Your brain will start feeling clearer after a few days.
**2) Subconscious disturbances**: Imagine you have 1 month to write a paper. After a week, you say “Ah I’ve still got 3 weeks”. So you procrastinate another week. That looming deadline and how you feel about it hasn’t disappeared. You’ve just delegated it to your subconscious. The more you delegate, the more your mind scatters. Your brain is using more processing power without you realizing it.
**So, what to do?**
- Don’t procrastinate.
- Write out a to-do list.
- Tick things off.
- Create micro steps to victory rather than 1 macro step.
**3) Improve your general health**: Make sure you go to sleep on time. Get 7-9 hours of sleep. Eat a healthy diet. However, one of the most important aspects of your health is exercise. Exercise isn’t just physical benefits. Its mental benefits are equally great.
**In summary:**
3 tips to destroy brain fog:
1. Reduce overstimulation
2. Eliminate subconscious distraction
3. Optimize exercise, sleep, and diet
#inspiration
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