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My brain is already a dark, rattling space, empty of any perspective but full of futile anger at inanimate things: maps, stones, mud, rain. I am angry at the incline, and I am angry at remoteness. I am angry that I am here. I am angry that this is my choice.
The Electricity of Every Living Thing
Katherine May
The [research literature](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749597809000399) on attention residue, which was pioneered by [business professor Sophie Leroy](https://www.uwb.edu/business/faculty/sleroy), reveals that there’s a cost to switching your attention — even if the switch is brief.
When you turn your attention from one target to another, the original target leaves a “residue” that reduces cognitive performance for a non-trivial amount of time to follow.
A Productivity Lesson from a Classic Arcade Game
Study Hacks
one compelling *Psychological Science* paper described how downsizing larger metrics of time (think 48 hours instead of 2 days, or 10,950 days instead of 30 years) can [make events seem more immediate](http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/23/0956797615572231.abstract), prompting people to engage in upcoming tasks.
How to Finally Break Your Procrastination Habit, Explained by a Psychologist
Thomas Ling
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