In his book The Principles of Psychology, William James defined attention as “taking possession by the mind of one out of several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought”. Here William James specifically described attention as the process by which the mind selects and focuses on one particular object or train of thought, out of several ones that may be competing for our attention at any given moment.
Gloria Mark, from the University of California, Irvine, says it is only a matter of challenging your mind. When you are mindlessly scrolling on social media or playing a game online, you are far from challenging it. But the same cannot be said for activities such as reading a book (two pages feels like a lot these days) or studying for an exam.
When was the last time you had a tech-free hour? One that is free from phones, TV or your emails. Takes me back to those days when there was a time limit set by my parents to switch off my gaming console or my television.
