Are You Having More Mind Wandering Time?

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i find that usually i end work sessions on a stuck point, so what was really useful to me is to go for a walk or to run an errand. So it means i'm not facing a cold start. The other thing i do as i find that problems often solve themselves when i wake up in the morning. Just hanging out in bed forlike five or ten minutes in the morning is really useful e set of capturing those solutions. But definitely having more mind wandering time. One of my big points on productivity is people rely too much on their focused mind. There's the sole big push wher we get told we need to be more distraction free and we need to improve our focus

Why is it that we often wake up with big plans — and seemingly enough energy to complete the tasks on our to-do list — and go to bed lamenting all the unfinished work?

A social worker joins Emily to pose questions about productivity to Alice Boyes, a former clinical psychologist. Alice shares the planning, creativity, and decision making that her success and satisfaction hinges on — and how she manages to ignore everything else. She highlights mental mistakes that prevent people from accomplishing their most meaningful work, and she gives guidance for overcoming them.

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Alice Boyes, a former clinical psychologist, is the author of two books on mental health, The Anxiety Toolkit and The Healthy Mind Toolkit. She’s writing her third book about productivity.

Kate Troutman is a social worker.

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