Measuring your attention baseline

Why measure

Without a starting number, you will never know whether the module works. And the subjective impression is a poor judge: people often feel focused just before they drift.

Three tests, thirty minutes in total, to be repeated at D+21.

Test 1: sustained task duration

Choose a demanding, real cognitive task: writing, coding, analysing. Start a timer. Stop it the moment you leave the task, including for a glance at your phone or a tab opened just quickly.

Duration	Profile
Under 8 min	Very fragmented attention
8 to 20 min	Average for knowledge workers
20 to 45 min	Good level