Section
Craft of Attention
Gentle practices for noticing more and being distracted a little less.
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Craft of Attention
9 min Newest
Notice, Then Name: Where the Habit of Looking Closely Came From
Look at one ordinary thing for a minute and put words to three details you hadn't seen before. It's a small exercise with a surprisingly long history, from a nineteenth-century fish on a laboratory tray to the way plants got their names.
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Craft of Attention
9 min
Slow Reading a Single Page: A Short Practice for Hard Books
When a book is difficult, one page read with care can teach you more than ten read in a rush. Here is a three-pass method (shape, pencil, your own words) and a gentle reminder that rereading is how most of us get through.
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Craft of Attention
9 min
The Two-Minute Walk Before the Hard Task: Does It Really Help?
A short walk before demanding work seems to help some people, some days, and the reasons are more modest than the folklore suggests. Here is what we can sensibly say about why, and a fortnight-long way to test it on yourself.