Your question is worthwhile, Oludolapo. It is indeed true that sometimes, in life, we find ourselves in situations and circumstances where we have no choice but to juggle multiple things at the same time.

A general piece of advice I would like to give is that at least for one or two things in your day, right, have some non-negotiable, single-focused moments, right, where at this time, everything else is put away. Even if it's 20 minutes, even if it's 30 minutes, everything else is put away. And at this moment, my attention is completely fixed.

A simple example, right? You can be with your spouse at home, for example, okay, and the time where you're going to have a conversation with them for 40 minutes, 30 minutes, one hour, or whatever; in that time, your phone is away, right? Every time you're talking with your spouse, your spouse is talking with you, or maybe your friend is talking with you, in that moment, every time you see your thoughts trying to venture off the conversation, you gently bring your attention back.

This is something I'm going to teach a lot, especially in module two, when we talk about cultivating a meditative life, because it involves bringing the concept of meditation and focus into our daily activities.

Where in the different things that we're doing, focus is a part of it. For example, I'm watering my plants—in that time, I'm watering my plants. I'm not thinking of jollof rice or plantain; I'm putting my full attention on the plant. Yes, in two minutes I'm going to go to the kitchen, but for now, while I'm watering the plants, my attention is on the plants.

Because even when we talk about multitasking, for example, my son is here; I'm sure you can hear most of the racket that he's making here, right? Now, most of my attention is on this message I'm sending, but there's a small percentage that is observing him with my side eye while I'm in this living room here with him. It is not possible for me to be fully present with him and be fully present sending a message like this, right? There has to be a shift of attention, almost like changing centres in a short moment.

Actually, as I was talking to you right now, when I had to tell him about the thing he was hitting, at that moment for like three seconds, my attention went there, and at that time it was fully on him; even though my mouth was moving here, my attention was on him and then it came back.

Because when we talk about focused attention, there's long-term attention and there's short-term attention. The issue is not so much about how long or how short, but about how present, how intense.

Because it's not possible for you to have five things that your full attention is going into, it's not possible. Your attention is like $100, right? That's all you have. You only have $100 worth of attention, right? And there are five cups. One cup demands you pay it $25 of attention. The second cup demands you pay it $30 of attention. The third cup demands you pay it $10 of attention. In three cups alone, $65 of your attention is demanded. Now, is it possible for you to feel everything to the fullest? It's not possible.

So what you want to do for a particular time, you feel one, you feel the other one, you feel the next one, and so forth, and that's something that we can practice, right? Okay, now I'm picking up my phone to reply to a message. I'm only going to pick up my phone for two minutes. In those two minutes, anybody who's trying to talk to me says, "Hold on one second, please don't talk to me at this time; let me send this message." And you pick up your phone, and you put your full attention, send that message in two minutes, and whoever is trying to talk to you, you engage.

Again, it's a very risky way of living, but sometimes we have no choice. And that's how we can become very focused. So even if I have just two minutes in this place, those two minutes, I'm fully present, and nothing else is taking my attention. You understand? So that's the way it can work. But beyond that, as people, we have to have moments in our day where they are non-negotiables, and during this time, I'm going to pay full attention.

For example: playing with your child, studying your Bible, praying to God, maybe you're at the gym, speaking with your spouse.

In those moments, non-negotiables, right? So that at least in your day, there's something that you do that you give all your attention to for an extended period of time. And that is healthy. I hope this helps you. God bless you.