Welcome back, awesome readers!
So. According to a really lengthy study – a study so long that I could barely finish reading it without losing my concentration – the average attention span is just over 8 seconds.
Allow me to rephrase that in case you’re a really slow reader and couldn’t get through the above sentence without veering your thoughts towards food or something:
HUMANS HAVE AN ATTENTION SPAN OF 8 SECONDS.
Do you know what this means? This means that we aren’t humans at all. We’re goldfish.
And while 8 seconds really doesn’t seem like a long time, do you realize how much can get done in 8 seconds?
I can check email, stalk friends on Facebook, plan dinner (usually Triscuits), look out my window, check text messages on my phone AND still have a few seconds left over to feel guilty about all the work I should have been doing during the previous 8 seconds. Which, of course, leads to the next 8-second spurt of focused concentration.
The good news is that even though our attention spans have decreased from a whopping 12 seconds to a mere 8 seconds, we’ve become talented multi-taskers (as demonstrated above).
I’m going to end this post here because I KNOW y’all aren’t paying attention anymore. Or maybe it’s just me. I need to do laundry. And where are my keys?
Sad part is….uh, got distracted.
Lol – Good one, Alana!
Oh I love this so much. Now I want to chant at my 10-year-old daughter: eight seconds eight seconds eight seconds.
Ha ha! Do it now before you get distracted, Carla!
I think I used to be able to concentrate for at least 10 seconds? Was I kidding myself?
You may be one of the lucky ones, Haralee! And by lucky I mean smarter 🙂
Oh my, is that really it – 8 seconds!?? You can hardly tell someone that you love them in 8 seconds!
I know, Ellen. That’s why you NEVER hear any kind of sentiments from goldfish. They keep moving on to other thoughts …
How do I bookmark where I left off so I don’t have to start reading from the top again?
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Bet you lasted longer than 8 seconds looking at her comment!! Great blog!
Thanks, Dawn! And you’re right! I think I read it THREE times before it really sunk in 🙂