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HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR FOCUS

1. TRY SUPPLEMENTING

We’ll start with the most obvious one to get it out of the way. Since we’re in the business of Shilajit, this is the most obvious choice. One of Shilajit's most famous and appreciated effects is its ability to strengthen our mental and cognitive functions. So, if you’ve got a long study session in front of you or an intense workday planned, Shilajit will help you stay focused, alert, creative, and ready to face all challenges. Thinking, learning, understanding, listening, questioning, and paying attention to details are all closely connected and collectively represent our cognition. If taken care of, it can be our greatest ally and will give you the tools to enhance your well-being and quality of life significantly.

You may be held back by stress, which makes you unable to focus. Understandable and completely normal. However, our Ashwagandha has been proven to affect cortisol levels and consequently help you manage everyday stress. In a 2019 study researchers found that taking a daily dose of 240 milligrams (mg) of Ashwagandha significantly reduced people’s stress levels compared with a placebo. This included reduced levels of cortisol, which is a stress hormone. In another 2019 study, taking 250 mg or 600 mg of Ashwagandha daily resulted in lower self-reported stress and cortisol levels. If used correctly, it could prove a powerful ally.

2. IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP

This one never gets the attention it deserves. Sleep is so essential, yet so very often overlooked. Sleep is everything. It is the time during which the body renews itself, consolidates memories, and accumulates energy. Without enough sleep, the brain cannot function properly.

However, one of the most critical phases of sleep is called deep sleep, and is usually the victim of our bad habits. Why is that important? Well, deep sleep is essential for cognitive function and memory and is thought to play a role in language learning, motor skills, and the developing brain. During deep sleep, your body releases growth hormones and works to build and repair muscles, bones, tissue, and immune system functioning. Additionally, slow-wave rest may be necessary for regulating glucose metabolism. Elite athletes value slow-wave sleep as it helps replenish energy stores.

Because deep sleep is part of memory formation, you may need more deep sleep to consolidate memories after nights. Even after one night of insufficient sleep, you may experience difficulty learning or remembering information. After weeks, months, and years of low-quality deep sleep, the consequences can get more severe, strongly affecting focus in the process. Sleep is the single most effective thing you can do to reset the health of your brain and body. So give it the attention it deserves. It does wonders for your ability to focus.

3. TAKE CARE OF YOUR NUTRITION

This one seems like general health advice, and in a way, it is. Proper nutrition not only nourishes our bodies, but also supplies our brains with fuel to keep us going. However, our gut health and brain are closely connected, creating a special bond that can benefit us yet hold us back if not treated properly. Take a moment and think about how you feel after eating processed and unhealthy fast food. Sure, you might feel good while eating (who doesn’t, right?), but after the meal is over, you’ll feel slow, tired, and sluggish. The same goes for meals high in sugar. Energy and mood swings are prevalent with inadequate diets. Now, we’re not saying that you have to eat super healthy all the time, but rather why healthy food helps us stay focused, satisfied, and much happier.

It has been researched that proper and balanced nutrition improves our cognition levels. Healthy gut help can help with depression, stress, disease, and much more, so it is essential to supply your body with much-needed quality nutrition. We’re 100% you’ll feel more energised and ready to focus on your work and studies.

4. EXERCISE YOUR BODY AND MIND

A healthy mind needs a healthy body; one cannot function properly without the other. And exercise is an excellent tool for bringing natural balance to your body. Exercise reduces levels of the body’s stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. It also stimulates the production of endorphins, chemicals in the brain that are the body’s natural painkillers and mood elevators. But two other chemicals are often called “happy hormones,” even though they’re not hormones: dopamine and serotonin. Both are actually neurotransmitters (aka chemical messengers in the brain) that regulate various processes in the body. Dopamine is linked to feelings of pleasure, reward, and motivation (see: getting off the couch to exercise). It also regulates things like your heart function, happiness, and possibly how you process pain. Meanwhile, serotonin is believed to control your overall mood, digestion, and sleep. Nothing like a good workout can refresh your brain and keep you optimised.

And while physical exercise is essential, your mind works like a muscle. If it is not regularly trained, you can’t expect it to be strong when needed. People of all ages can benefit from incorporating a few simple brain exercises into their daily life by reading books, solving puzzles, playing games, and cards, learning an instrument, and meditating. Focusing on your brain health is one of the best things you can do to improve your concentration, focus, memory, and mental agility, no matter your age.
By incorporating brain exercises into your everyday life, you’ll get to challenge your mind, sharpen your cognitive skills, and learn something new and enriching along the way.

5. REDUCE MULTITASKING, ORGANISE YOUR TIME AND LEARN TO TAKE A BREAK

Let’s presume you’ve done all of the above, yet you still can’t seem to focus and complete your tasks in the needed time. You might be a victim of multitasking. This is a different beast, giving us a false sense of accomplishment and like we’re being extra productive. However, dividing our attention into multiple tasks often results in everything being half-completed, not giving any task our 100%, and the mental fatigue that inevitably comes with it. Focusing on one single task at a time has proven to be more effective regarding how well we do the said task and the time to finish it, which brings us to our next point.
 
Organise your time. If you separate creative and menial tasks, you can raise your productivity and help keep your focus. Refrain from jumping between being creative and being procedural (like answering emails and checking out spreadsheets), as it not only confuses your brain but also prevents you from giving 100% focus to something. Another trick you can try is to put quick 5-minute tasks together and more time-consuming tasks for later in the day. This way, you get them out of your way, giving you a chance to focus on the more important stuff. Create a list of your daily tasks and then complete them one by one; you might discover that all you needed was a bit of organization.
 
Lastly, give yourself a break from time to time. After all, you’re just a human, and you’re not supposed to have a razor-sharp focus all the time. Like everything else, your brain needs to rest, so include plenty of short 5 – 10 minute breaks throughout your workday. You’ll soon learn that you’re much more productive, efficient, and focused in the long run.
 
When improving our focus, we often start with too high expectations, only to be crushed when our standards prove unreachable. Start with small steps, try to implement these techniques slowly but surely, and you’ll soon achieve a complete transformation.

Our sources and more info:

  1. https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/how-to-improve-concentration
  2. https://www.betterup.com/blog/15-ways-to-improve-your-focus-and-concentration-skills
  3. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/tips-to-improve-concentration
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