Meditation can be broadly defined as any activity that involves controlling your attention.
Gradually, you'll become more adept at recognising the distinction and, as a result, get better at deliberately controlling your attention.
"Once you realize that will power is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really begin to increase it".
Ask yourself: "If I didn't have this information in my inbox, would I go out looking for it?" Most of the time the answer is probably "no", and that's a sign that someone else is controlling your attention.
A performance or any attempt to hide who you really are, or pretend to be something you aren't, is going to make it harder later to control your attention and your thoughts, and to regulate your emotions.
Therefore, controlling your attention -- becoming more able to place it where you want it and keep it there, and more able to pull it away from what's bothersome or pointless (such as looping again and again through anxious preoccupations, mental grumbling, or self-criticism) -- is the foundation of changing your brain, and thus your life, for the better.
Focusing on and accepting these experiences can improve the flexibility and control of your attention and reduce distress and discomfort.
But the more you can become aware of your own habits and the effect your screen time is having on you, the more in control of your attention you can be.
You will be more likely to succeed if you can control your puppies attention, even when it is excited.
-- assert control by turning your attention to the present.
