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What to do When Your Brain Doesn’t Let You Work
When your brain is distracted, and your head is foggy, do these things.
Like every single human ever (I say that so you know you’re not alone), I have off-days. As much as I’d love to be productive on these days, my brain just isn’t feeling it.
I get distracted by things that don’t usually steal my attention so easily, and if someone peeked inside my head, they wouldn’t find a brain — only a foggy graveyard.
I’ve noticed that I have trouble controlling the attention I give my thoughts, too. Humans are always thinking and daydreaming, but we’re good at not letting our thoughts overwhelm us.
On these days, however, every thought screams and fights for a place at the forefront of my mind.
Trying to focus while dead zombies growl loudly in that foggy graveyard that is your brain is like trying to write in the midst of a raging party.
Yet, I’d try to get some work done anyway because it’s what everyone says to do. If you’re sick, work. If you’re tired, work anyway. If your head hurts, too bad! You’ve got to work.
I figured if I sat down, opened my laptop, and started typing, that distracted and foggy…
