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The hidden cost of mental clutter at work—and how to clean it up

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The hidden cost of mental clutter at work—and how to clean it up
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Ask almost any professional how they are doing and you will hear a version of the same answer: busy, overwhelmed, so ready for a vacation. If you look at their actual workload, however, the problem isn’t always the hours on the clock or the number of tasks assigned, but the lack of headspace to actually do the work.



The real exhaustion comes from constant email anxiety, disrupted thinking through endless distractions, or self-sabotaging inner chatter running in the background all day long. It

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