3552: A Primer on Full-Screen Living by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits on How to Embrace Mindfulness

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🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3552: Leo Babauta explores the power of single-tasking in an era of constant digital distractions. By shifting to "full-screen mode" in life, immersing fully in one task at a time, we can enhance focus, reduce stress, and find deeper satisfaction in our work. He offers simple, actionable steps to embrace mindfulness and presence in daily activities. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://zenhabits.net/full-screen Quotes to ponder: "Imagine working on one task with your whole mind, giving it your full screen, and not letting yourself switch constantly." "We jump from unread emails to social media to news sites, always searching for something more interesting, more urgent, more stimulating." "Single-tasking is about bringing our full attention to the moment, fully immersing ourselves in what we’re doing." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	This is Optimal Living Daily, a primer on full screen living by Leo Baboud of Zenhabits.net.
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0:43.7	There are no interviews, and it's short, almost always fewer than 10 minutes.
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1:00.1	A Primer on Full Screen Living by Leo Babouda of Zen Habits.net.
1:06.2	The other day while I was visiting a friend, she offered her dog a bone.
1:10.5	The dog wanted the bone, but didn't want to drop the toy animal in his mouth to get the bone.
1:16.0	Jack, you can't have both at the same time, my friend said.
1:19.7	Most of us are like Jack.
1:21.9	We want more than one thing at once.
1:24.6	We're not willing to let go of one thing in order to do another. We're doing one work
1:29.3	task while trying to stay on top of email, text messages, and social media. We're talking with a friend
1:34.7	while seeing what we're missing on Facebook and Instagram. We're eating while planning,
1:39.7	making love while thinking about work. Like Jack, we think we can hold two things in our mouths at once,
1:45.9	but actually that's a fantasy. We can't taste the food while thinking about what we need to do later.
1:51.6	Our mouths may be moving and the food might be swallowed, but there's no awareness of how the food
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