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" 1. Put down your gadgets. When you&amp;#039;re toggling between texts, Google, and the nightly news, you can&amp;#039;t process info as effectively; you end up feeling sidetracked and spacey, so it takes more time to do less. A hiatus from your electronics can help you feel more focused and in touch with your dreams. One night a week, from dinner until bedtime, stow anything with a screen and play cards or board games with your family, clean out a closet, paint a dresser, or simply sit on the porch and stargaze. Savor how revived you feel in the morning. RELATED: How to Increase Your Energy in The Morning \u00BB 2. Take a break. It may sound counterintuitive, but if you promise yourself that you&amp;#039;ll be able to stop working soon (After this task, I&amp;#039;ll go for a walk), you&amp;#039;ll be more productive, says Adam Galinsky, Ph.D., a business professor at Columbia University. Try working in 45-minute spurts and taking 15-minute breathers \u2014 you&amp;#039;ll be more efficient when you hunker down again. 3. Just inhale. The lush aroma of growing things can hone your powers of concentration, according to research by the Smell &amp;amp;amp; Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. Those who inhaled a mixed-floral fragrance increased their learning speed by 17%. Try anointing your pulse points with something floral and inhale deeply. 4. Walk your way to mindfulness. The lapping of the waves, the view from the mountaintop, the clouds rolling by...noticing the beauty around you is a form of meditation, and it can clear your mental cobwebs. Research suggests that doing mindfulness meditation for 30 minutes a day may actually change the brain&amp;#039;s structure, beefing up areas related to performance on challenging tasks. And you can meditate wherever you are, even while walking down the street. When you&amp;#039;re in the here and now, you can tune out distractions and unproductive thoughts and concentrate more deeply on your goal. TELL US: What&amp;#039;s your go-to energy booster? Photo credit: E+/Getty Images NEXT: Feel More Awake in the Morning \u00BB "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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