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or use a flask. It can also tell people if they forgot to use While I like a lot of shows that aren’t always in English,

pots, and even when healthstones are down. If your group what’s important is that I don’t have to look at the screen

doesn’t, you can enable it for just yourself as an extra at all, so a show with a lot of visual importance or subtitles

reminder. are out. Some people also really like Youtube videos like

vlogs or podcasts.

TURN OFF OUTSIDE DISTRACTIONS

DURING FOCUSED CONTENT: FILTER DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHAT

INTO DIFFERENT WINDOWS:

That thing I mentioned about opening Reddit, Twitter,

and everything else? The best course of action is to try and Guild chat can move really quickly suddenly, and

resist. Sign out of accounts if you can during raids; though sometimes it can overtake raid or party chat. Similarly,

if you’re anything like me, you’ll have forgotten all of your sometimes whispers can get lost in the shuffle. If you have

passwords by the time the raid is over. Make certain pets multiple windows, it’s easier to focus in on what’s currently

are fed before your start, turn off your TV, mute your phone. important. Mostly it reduces the fear of missing out on

something that’s funny or important when doing something

If you can raid somewhere quiet, even better. Before my that needs my full attention because you can much more

partner started raiding with my raid team, he used to try to easily scroll back through with the conversations divided

cook dinner during my guild’s raids at least once a week, out into separate windows.

never mind that it was just over the view of my monitors.

He doesn’t get easily distracted, so I couldn’t get upset DON’T STRESS OUT IF YOU SPACE OUT:

about it, and I love his cooking, but the entire dinner prep

became a series of deaths for me. Chaos happening around Sometimes your brain needs a break! A lot of people

you while you try to accomplish a task that requires being have ADHD or trouble focusing, and not everyone takes

focused only on your screen is pretty hard to overcome. medication for it. It’s okay to not be going balls to the wall

100% of the time. If you find yourself doing nothing, just log

FIND HEALTHY DISTRACTIONS WHILE out instead of beating yourself up over it or trying to figure

WORKING ON GOALS OTHERWISE: out what you’re supposed to be doing. Take a break from

what you’re doing, and spend some time in the the real

A Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime show I can watch world; have a snack, do some real life quests and maybe

while working on World Quests and achievements is do something quiet for a bit. You’ll find yourself returning

really important. Even better is a series that has a ton of to whatever task you wanted to with a more focus after a

episodes that doesn’t require me to look at the screen. break. By Ashleigh Ayn Sult

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