If you relieve your brain of unnecessary work, it will thank you in the form of iron willpower and resistance to temptation. I tell you what you need to do for this at the end of the article. “Ignoring information is an active process. This suggests that certain resources are needed to filter out irrelevant stimuli,” writes neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley in his book “The Distracted Mind.” For example, you decide to read a book. And of course you would like your attention to be focused on the content of the text. At this moment, your brain makes an effort not only to direct attention to the text and its processing, but also to ensure that you are not distracted by the sounds, objects and your own thoughts around you. Literally, like a dam, it holds back the flow of information that is irrelevant at the moment, so that it does not invade the field of your attention. It is this process that turns out to be more labor-intensive. Research shows that it is precisely with the suppression of irrelevant information that we experience great difficulties. This is literally a problem of the 21st century. What does this tell us in the context of willpower and self-control: If it is difficult for you to control yourself, keep a diet, exercise regularly, maintain discipline at work - this does not mean that you are lazy or weak-willed, as my family likes to scold themselves clients. One of the variants of such symptoms may be that your brain takes a lot of energy to suppress the processes occurring in it. For example: 1. Anxious Mindset: If you are generally prone to anxiety and are often plagued by thoughts of “what if...? but what if …?" then every time you need to focus on an important matter, your brain has to hold back all this anxious thought flow. The first energy drain pipe.2. A large number of prohibitions and attitudes in behavior. Being a “good girl” for the brain means holding down the “bad girl” with your bare hands all day, who is trying to get out. The more attitudes you have about how you can and cannot behave, the more energy you spend on suppressing unwanted behavior. Second pipe.3. Unresolved situations. This includes all the things that you start and do not finish, situations from the past that you are still procrastinating about what should have been done or continue to emotionally experience long-past events. The third pipe is where your energy is spent. These are just some examples of what your energy is unnoticed, which you will then miss in an attempt to start eating right, exercising regularly, learning a new profession or skill, and simply reading a book can be a test of will. .And the larger the pipeline for draining energy you have organized in your life and thinking, the more energy you will have to say goodbye to. How to help yourself? 1. Don’t keep current affairs in your head. Write down everything that can be put on paper or in notes. To-do list, shopping list, everything you need to remember. Uploading thoughts into a journal is also a good option. The main criterion for a thought diary is that it brings you relief. If, immersing yourself in your thoughts, you only promote anxiety even more, then this option is not for you.2. Write down unfinished tasks and carry out an audit. Something has already lost its relevance and can be let go, and indicatively crossed off from the list, something can perhaps be solved quite quickly, literally tomorrow, and something can begin to be solved, broken down into stages (first I need to do this, next this, etc.).3. Meditations help to cope with disturbing thoughts. I recommend meditations in which you learn to notice your inner monologue and thoughts, but not react to them, but let’s say, follow your gaze the same way as passers-by on the street. Remember: you are greater than your biggest thought; it cannot capture you.4. You can deal with attitudes regarding behavior on your own or in pairs with a psychologist. For independent work, I recommend analyzing those situations in which.