"Many of us struggle with concentration. Perhaps you have ADHD, depression, or anxiety that robs your focus. Maybe high demands at work are overloading you, or you care for young children who need your attention every few minutes. Maybe a world of "shorts" is shortening your concentration span. Whatever the reason your concentration is fragmented, here we'll explore ways to use AI as an assistive technology."
"Do you sometimes feel like you need several hours of unbroken focus to tackle a particular task? In some cases, tasks need a long window because of physical constraints, like you have to set up equipment, and just that takes an hour. Other times, the reason is mental. We need "load context." We need to familiarize or refamiliarize ourselves with the background we need."
"You might've been working on something you got partially done, but when you started to feel drained or frustrated, you decided to hop over to work on another idea. This pattern can leave a trail of partially completed projects. Consider using AI to get at least some working version of your projects operational. For example, you wanted a calendar of reminders for re-ordering vitamins, changing air conditioner filters, oil changes, and all sorts of basic recurring maintenance."
Concentration often fragments due to ADHD, depression, anxiety, heavy work demands, caregiving, or frequent exposure to short-form media. AI can act as assistive technology to reduce cognitive load by storing and reloading task context, auditing project status, and summarizing where work left off. AI can produce minimally viable solutions to stalled projects to prevent "project hopping" and accumulate small operational wins. Examples include asking AI to recreate project status after months, audit compromised systems, organize finances, or build simple recurring-reminder calendars. Practical AI assistance focuses on enabling daily functioning rather than optimization or productivity perfection.
Read at Psychology Today
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