How To Deal With A Wondering Mind

This is the mood that should not be considered as wrong, because at this phase of time most of the brilliant ideas hit our minds. Encountering with this situation where meeting deadlines and accomplishing tasks are priority, one cannot afford behaving the same way. There is nothing to be worried about as many of us face wondering mind and it is considered as an ordinary issue these days.

Jonathan Smallwood, a renowned researcher, was the first person who introduced this term while conducting a study over the lapse of external attention among individuals of the research. In his study, Smallwood demonstrated the frequency of our mind that wonders at various point of time such as SART (sustained attention to response) tasks. No matter how much the feeling of wondering mind becomes common among individuals but it never mean that we should not do anything to stop it. Keeping this in mind, we have shared some of the ways that are helpful in keeping your mind focused on tasks that are of high priority. 

As we make a to-do-list that helps us in completing our daily tasks and list of items to be purchased from grocery store, we also need to keep record about the alertness of our mind. This record will help us out in curing the wonder mind. Doing so may seem like a tedious job but this activity will benefit you and also help you keep a note of things you need to avoid in order to keep your mind focused.

One of the best ways to treat a wandering mind is to eliminate the things present in your mind and is the main reason behind your distraction. There are many things that keep our mind occupied and making us unable to maintain focus towards our daily tasks. Once you figure the reason behind your distraction then it is suggested that the worrisome thought must sort out or at least lessen. Practicing this will not be as easy as it sounds in many cases, but in order to have a peaceful mind we need to put a little extra effort to eradicate this issue.

Always prefer doing low energy activities during the hours of peak productivity i.e. beginning hours of the day. This is because the alertness of brain is low when your mind starts wonder so individual need to be vigilant encountering with the feeling.  In addition to this, it is also suggested to keep yourself fully engaged in work as wondering mind usually occur when an individual have a lot more time to kill.