Dealing with brain fog

There are days when our mind just doesn’t focus. Days when we can’t follow the thread of a podcast, can’t progress our to-do list, can’t write that email.

Nothing seems to flow. It’s as if someone has taken our natural concentration, screwed it up into a ball, and tossed it out into the garden. And we’re left staring blankly at our screens.

It happens to us all from time to time. Often when we’re tired – or stressed – or distracted by an important event happening elsewhere. Sometimes when there is a more serious underlying cause: depression, burnout or a more consistent anxiety state. And increasingly so in recent years – during the pandemic, many noted that concentration was unusually hard, and things have not improved since.