Mind dump
Your attention is not just transferred from a task or meeting to another world. You have to make a transition from one system to another. A good and relatively compact way to do this is the mind dump from Getting Things Done (affiliate) by David Allen.
Open a blank document or take a notebook and see what has your attention. What attracts you, what is on your mind? Record that in a list. It could be ideas, concrete actions, an intriguing quote, a vague notion. By putting it in a list, you gain control. After all:
You take initiative . Instead of waiting to see what comes up when, you actively search for what has your attention. The loose ends will come up at some point, but usually when you don't feel like it. For example, in the evening on the couch, when you want to go to sleep, while exercising or in the shower.
You organize a problem or a tangle of thoughts in language. The moment you can name a vague feeling, you have more control over it.
You isolate elements . Instead of all kinds of tangles of thoughts or grinding thoughts you name them one by one and you unravel the tangle.
You can check off a list . Although the mind cambodia telegram data dump often does not yet produce concrete actions, you do have more of an idea of what you are prepared for than when it remains unnamed.
You can number a list , prioritize it, and cross items off. After all, not everything you write down is necessarily an action or an action in the short term.
Your list is finite . Sometimes you can keep writing but usually at some point you are 'empty' and have captured everything that had your attention.
Usually such a mind dump gives a sense of control. What you had on/in your head, you have recorded. Tomorrow morning you can make decisions about it with a fresh look and continue working on it if necessary.
Closing ritual
If you know that you have difficulty letting go of work, you can incorporate a mind dump into a closing ritual:
The right music on
Cleaning up files from your desktop
Looking at tomorrow's agenda
Clear the workplace
Check out with a final message on Teams or Slack.
