The Attention Gym
The Attention Gym for Teens
30 Days to Train Focus, Resist Distraction & Study Smarter
No lectures about phones. Instead, you run experiments on yourself, train the study skills that actually hold up (testing yourself, spacing, proofreading, planning), and find out what helps you stay with something long enough to finish it.
- The Phone Experiment: test yourself under three conditions over the month and see what your own data says.
- Workouts: search grids, memory challenges, logic puzzles, long reads and timed focus blocks.
- A hidden signal: a radio station went silent after forty years. Fragments of its last broadcasts are hidden in the pages.
The PDF is the full book at letter size, ready to print at home. Print it as often as your household needs.
Questions
How long does each day take?
About 15 to 40 minutes, plus a short real-life field test: homework, practice, a commute or a conversation.
Do I need a phone or an app?
No. Everything happens on paper. The Phone Experiment asks you to put your phone in different places while you work, so you can see what your own data says.
Is it for school or for fun?
Both. The study skills are the ones research supports, like testing yourself and spacing out review, and the puzzles and the hidden radio signal make it worth coming back to.
Can a parent or teacher use it with a teen?
Yes, though it works best when the teen owns it. There's a note for parents and teachers at the back, and several days work well as class discussions.
Can I print it at home?
Yes. The printable PDF is the full book at letter size. Print as many copies as your household needs.
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New books, new exercises and the occasional note on training focus. Short, useful, and never more than once a week.