Wouldn’t it be great if you got natural remedies to improve memory and concentration? As someone who works from home, I know how important it is to be able to focus and concentrate. You need to be able to focus on accomplishing your tasks and achieve goals. It doesn’t matter if you’re in school, at work, or if it involves your at-home business, the importance of concentration remains significant. Here’s how to sharpen your mind and improve your focus and concentration.
I, personally, have the attention span of a squirrel. One of the biggest issues I have with working from home is the simple fact that I am so easily distracted and I have a hard time concentrating on the tasks I have to complete. So, sharpening my focus and concentration became a priority when I started my own business.
In this day and age, there is so much out there to distract us from concentrating on our goals. There are things like drama, Facebook and Twitter, and TV.
Think about this: when was the last time you went on Facebook to check a notification and didn’t end up spending minutes and sometimes hours just scrolling through your feed. My personal social media distraction is Twitter. I try to avoid getting on Twitter at all these days because I always spend much longer on there than I intend to.
According to research individuals who can keep their attention concentrated on one thing for a while, do a better job at their work than those who can’t.
In other words, science says if you aren’t concentrating, you aren’t putting your best effort into your work. I know I say this a lot, but the steps to sharpening your concentration are actually kind of simple.
However, as I usually say, simply does not mean easy. It takes practice and exercise of your brain muscles to form good habits when it comes to concentrating on your tasks.
Natural Remedies To Improve Memory And Concentration
1. Meditate
I am a heavy advocate for meditation for many reasons, one of the biggest is that it has been proven to sharpen concentration. It clears the mind and empties out all things that are not helpful or useful to you at that time.
There are many ways to meditate.
Some people meditate during their yoga sequence. Some people meditate by going on a morning jog or walk. You find the meditation process that works best for you and incorporate it into your morning routine so that you can begin your day with a sharp and focused mind.
2. Eating healthy foods
The importance of a balanced diet does come into effect when it involves your concentration.
There are foods that we need to be eating that some like to call “brain food.”
Foods such as Oatmeal, blueberries, and salmon all help boost concentration and energy levels in your brain.
Water also helps with concentration. Just call it refreshing your mind while it refreshes the rest of your body.
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3. Tackle your distractions ahead of time
One of the most important ways to make sure you are concentrating is to know what is keeping you from it.
What is distracting you?
Once you know what that is, eliminate it. Turn off your phone. Go where there is no television access. Unplug. Put yourself in an environment that promotes concentration by having insignificant things around to break it.
4. Do things one at a time
I used to be the type of person who felt I could multitask and do a million things at one time. I won’t lie, I was pretty good at it.
But I noticed a colossal difference in the quality of my work once I stopped trying to bounce from thing to thing and took my time handling things one at a time. You can’t focus if your brain is scattered all over the place.
If you’re thinking about writing as well as video editing all at once, neither of those things is getting your full attention so you can’t do your best.
5. Take frequent breaks
Studies show that people who take 5-15 minute breaks every hour do better work. Working for long periods of time without breaks leads to exhaustion. Your mind becomes stressed and overloaded.
Taking a break every little while or so helps to keep your brain refreshed and it keeps the creative juices flowing. So when you are focusing your mind isn’t just exhausted and want to quit for the day.
6. Plan things out
Write out your step by step plan before your day begins or the night before. Having a plan for your day and for the tasks you want to accomplish keeps your brain from wandering around and trying to decide what to do next.
You will know what to do, and you won’t be distracting yourself by thinking about all of your tasks at once. Planning things make it easier to accomplish your goals.
7. Learn to play music
Previously, I kept my room dead silent while working. I thought playing music would distract me because when I play my jams in the background, I want to dance around my bedroom, not focus on my work.
Eventually, I did learn that playing background music can be extremely helpful if you play the right kind of music.
Studies are not sure why our minds love music so much, but when playing music the tone of it can change your entire mood.
Even on YouTube, there are music videos dedicated to studying or working that promote concentration.
When I play some of this music in the background, my mind feels at ease and focuses on whatever I am doing much better. When I was 18, I worked in a call center, and they played music above us.
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At first, I thought that would be incredibly distracting, but for the most part, it just kept me energized enough to keep my voice sounding full of life as I spoke on the phones. So try playing some background music OTHER than your favorite Beyoncé songs.
Sharpening your concentration is key for being the best you can be. It doesn’t matter what you’re trying to accomplish; you need to be able to focus on it to do so. How do you sharpen your concentration? Do any of these help you? I told you guys my biggest distraction was Twitter, what’s yours? Comment down below and share it with us.
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