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>>11500388
Meditate. Been doing this for a year and it has helped me a ton in focusing
>Find a quiet place
>Set a 10 min timer
>Sit upright
>Close your eyes
>Pay full attention to breathing
>If thoughts arise, gently refocus on your breath
>Go back to whatever you were doing after the alarm goes off
>Repeat daily(anytime, but not before sleeeping)

>>10654737
I've only had one semi-insight, which is that reality functions outside of language. One time after meditating, instead of jumping right back into my thoughts, I walked around my room for a bit clear-headed, and everything felt much more alive. The truth is that we use our thoughts as a means of overcoming the wonderful and frightening nature of reality itself. Take even the most mundane thing, like a shirt, and try to understand both what it is and why it exists. You can't. There are many things a shirt can do, but ultimately this shirt and every one of its qualities lies beyond your comprehension. Like everything else, it just exists, independent of regard for your thoughts and feelings on it. Why do plants grow? Who knows? They just do. Isn't that crazy?

It's tough to explain this without sounding like a lame hippie, but the world exists completely apart from our interpretation of it, and we can slowly re-embrace it if we choose. Supposedly, there comes a time when you grasp the full intensity and scale of life outside of our thoughts, and it's mind-blowing.
>>10654930
That sounds like your concentration is overdeveloped in comparison to your mindfulness. Give this a read:
http://www.vipassana.com/meditation/mindfulness_in_plain_english_16.php
>>10656611
See above. Pic related should also help you with sitting.