Do you often find yourself flitting between different activities like a butterfly sampling the nectar of several flowers? One minute you are completely immersed in an assignment, the next you are messaging your friends in a group chat, and catching up on celebrity news while watching videos of Messi’s Top 100 goals.
The end result is you get nothing done, and are left feeling incredibly frustrated. If this sounds familiar, you are not alone and it may not be entirely your fault.
Many experts believe our brains aren’t prepared for the growing number of digital distractions that we are bombarded with, leaving us feeling sluggish and less productive, and that what we are facing is a very common 21st Century problem.
A study carried out in 2015 by Microsoft revealed that the average human attention span has fallen from 12 seconds at the turn of this century to a meagre eight seconds! That’s less than a goldfish can handle!!
The researchers believe this isn’t because we are becoming any less intelligent, but because we now have our attention divided between numerous pursuits.
Take your smartphone for example; you could be using it to text, listen to music, read this article, check football highlights, while also keeping an eye on the television, and doing a whole other stuff – all at the same time! This act of switching between activities uses up oxygenated glucose in your brain, and as that glucose source is depleted, you are left feeling drowsy and disoriented!
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