10 techniques to overcome distracting thoughts
1. Practice mindfulness.
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Focus on your breathing or your toes to be present
2. When you catch yourself, mentally label your distracting thoughts as "not useful" or "save for later"
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3. Observe your emotions which may the be source of your distracting thoughts
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4. Go for a walk or a run or some other exercise
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5. How do you feel about the task at hand for which you are trying to avoid distraction?
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6. Reexamine the purpose of the thing on which you are trying to focus.
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7. Remember that your thoughts are not you. Commit to an action that will generate new thoughts.
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8. Use the pomodoro technique and save the distracting thoughts for the break.
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9. Write down your distracting thoughts, may be they will get out of your system.
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10. Use a physical sensation to snap yourself out of distracting thoughts
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