STOLEN FOCUS by johann hari

This is the latest recommendation that I am currently attempting to give my attention to! It is no wonder it is a best seller because we can all relate to the subject matter. Why we are loosing our ability to pay attention! By the time you read this I may have finished the book and found some answers to how to improve our focus but for now I am certainly enjoying learning more about how our poor brains have been bombarded with encouraging us to “engage” more with meaningless content online. Extracting ourselves out of this intricate web in order to maintain some semblance of sanity and realism and improve our health is a key dilemma we no doubt all have.

For now both myself and daughter of 15 are reading it in the vain hope that she can understand something about the world she lives in and how to navigate it. Not sure if it will provide many answers but I do note she accepts the down time away from her phone more readily and she suggested a walk in the woods yesterday with me. Maybe there is hope! 

Anne Maher