> [!tldr] Mental bandwidth is consumed by little things. Ideas and information take up mental RAM. They have a long half-life, and thus accumulate. [[Clearing your mind is a skill]]. I suck at it. Most people suck at it. Clearing is the *cure*. [[An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure]]. Prevention is controlling your inputs. [[Stephen Covey's Main Thing Quote|The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.]] Bad [[Tailor Your Environment|environments]] and bad discipline will lead to [[Addition without subtraction is a common problem.|Unfettered accumulation]] of distractors, eating your mental bandwidth. Avoid attention-grabbers. - [[Know Your Immediate Task|Tasks other than your immediate one]] - Email, messaging, etc - Obvious distracters (e.g. Reddit, news) **** # More - [[Small Tasks in Great Quantities]] ## Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZD5IFpyDcE