“I’m currently a student.
I have trouble concentrating on anything for extended periods of time.
My mind starts getting wandering thoughts, I start daydreaming about imagined fantasies, or past occurrences.
It’s so bad, if I’m doing something I actually really enjoy, like for example solving a question, I’ll get distracted and have these pleasant thoughts about what I previously did like for example how I solved to arrive at a particular step, daydream about those moments, instead of staying focused and proceeding further with the task at hand.
I have incredibly low attention span.
I’d like to be able to lose myself in a task while doing it.
Where I concentrate and attend towards it so deeply, from start to finish, nothing outside of it exists for me anymore.
I’d like to be someone that can do that.
What do I do to get to that stage?
I’ve heard meditation is a great way to cure yourself in this regard.
But, I’m a complete newbie, unaware of the different forms of meditation and their functions.
How should I begin meditating?
Please help.”
We’ll look at why you have a low attention span so that we can understand how meditation can help.
As a student you are learning loads.
Your brain needs time to process that information.
If your brain isn’t getting the time it needs to process information your brain will be reluctant to take in new information and will want to process the information it already has. This is why your mind wanders. Your wandering mind is your brain’s attempt at trying to process the information it already has whilst preventing new information from coming in whilst it does this.
What is the solution?
Create regular time for your brain to process information and simplify your studying.
Meditating is the time for your brain to process everything.
An easy way to start meditating is the 3-2-1-Meditate method.
Have a look at how you study and see where you can make improvements in the way that you study. This will reduce the amount of information your brain is taking in which reduces the amount of time your brain needs to process the information ultimately making it easier to focus and concentrate on new learning.
Edwin Leo 