Fundamentals for a Wandering Mind

A wandering mind can dive deep in one place while losing sight of the surrounding world. Other times, things can feel quite adrift.

Finding ways to focus while remaining on top of important matters could promise such relief.

Discussions of productivity, ADHD, neurodiversity, and the like all suggest some path forward. But regardless of name, two major approaches tend to appear:

Open and experiential: Often based on the writer’s experience, “This is what works for me. I hope you can find somethi...