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Less phone time. More time reading for leisure. Practice math, it’s a muscle.
I have the same. I’m getting dumber and dumber and zero retention capabilities anymore.
Check your hormones- DHEA specifically. I had major brain fog and fatigue and once I did some blood work, it all became clear why this was happening (never had Covid).
I forget EVERYTHING (ADHD) so I use OneNote religiously. I take verbatim notes in meetings and then write down what I need from them in my one note and have special tabs for action items. Rearrange my one note in order of priority. Flag any emails with due outs until they’re addressed. I ask people to email me requests instead of pinging me. Every morning and evening I check my One Note and Email Flags for things due.
OP, idk if this is because of adhd (idk if i have it) or just normal, but I need to regularly be reading business news and articles and applying strategy concepts / casing (like consulting case) them. When I do that, i’m pretty crisp and can connect a lot of dots. If I lay off, things won’t connect and I’ll look air-headed.
The reason I said I’m not sure if I have ADHD is because I literally do what SC1 does.
How’s your diet? Stress level? Do you exercise? Are you depressed? These could all be factors.
In the past when I’m not exercising Much, eating like shit, and depressed I don’t think clearly at all. I recommend reading this book, recently started implementing some of these changes from a food perspective and feel like I’m thinking more clear. Family has history of Alzheimer’s so this book caught my attention. Listen to him on podcasts too.
https://www.geniusfoodsbook.com
Agreed, exercise and diet will do wonders for energy, happiness, and mental sharpness
Welcome to the 30s. It happens.
Yup. This is the answer. Normal wear and tear on your aging body. Normal burdens of life slow you down. Try to eat healthy, exercise, sleep well, reduce stress and take time out for activities that rejuvenate you. Could be anything from spending time with friends and family to your personal hobby.
Alcohol. If I frequently drink I have the same issue. No alcohol for a month and an abundance of water and healthy food + sleep fixes it.
Drugs?
Good luck! 🍀
Did you catch covid?
I noticed a general decline in both cognitive and memory abilities afterwards. Like a brain fog. It’s part of long covid
Sounds like burnout for sure then
Try wimhof method for 1 week, 11 mins a day. Search YouTube for this deep breathing method. This a dumb down version of an advanced yoga that may help you.
You got covid and now you’re in the fog
How to get out?
May be try taking test for ADHD or ADD!! A physician visit would help.
Adult ADHD?
From what I’ve been told, there’s no such thing as adult *onset* ADHD. If you are diagnosed as an adult, you’ve had it your whole life, but may have masked well or just not been diagnosed. This situation sounds different. (I was recently diagnosed in my 40s, but can recognize lots of symptoms throughout my life.)
Sick? Pregnant?
Also might be readjustment to the workplace after all the MBA fun. Welcome back to the real world.
Sounds like horrible anxiety. I’ve dealt with this, although not as severe. I’d suggest seeing a doctor and/or psychiatrist who can help you work on it. Honestly for me therapy and time in role helped with this.
OP - I would consult a doctor just to be sure.
I've gone through several cycles like this. It's likely benign, but probably ask your doc.
Likely your focus and working memory have decreased.
Start with regular, habitual exercise, good diet, HYDRATE, SLEEP.
Stress DEFINITELY causes me to feel stupid.
Work on these by doing intake and creation exercises. I'm talking not just reading (intake) but create (write). Read, write, speak, come up with answers, challenge yourself.
80/20 rule. Act even though it might be incorrect.
Try math and coding exercises. Out of school we need to keep ourselves sharp!
You may want to check physical items out to. Explain your symptoms to your PCP and get lab work done. You’d be surprised about how much hormones affect cognitive function like memory retention, stress and anxiety levels, depression symptoms, etc. Stuff like thyroid hormones for example.
It’s often work and meetings which are often disjoint irrelevant and not as important as they are made out to be. The meaningless nature of all that we do, how it’s so transient makes our brains shut down.
Many things can cause this. Stress, fear, anxiety, lack of sleep, lack of minerals, dehydration, multitasking. Mindfulness, exercise and 7h of sleep at night helped me. I went through that during/after COVID and grieving and it’s a practice I’ll take forever now.