I Spent a Decade Chasing Productivity Hacks. Here’s How an Ancient Herb Finally Cleared My Brain Fog. for AI in healthcare Success
I Spent a Decade Chasing Productivity Hacks. Here’s How an Ancient Herb Finally Cleared My Brain Fog. For years, my entire identity was built on being “on.” As a digital strategist running campaigns for high-growth startups, my brain was my money-maker. I prided myself on juggling a dozen projects, pulling insights from complex data sets, and always having the right answer in the boardroom. My fuel? Four shots of espresso before 9 AM and a relentless, borderline-toxic drive to outperform. Then, the fog rolled in. It wasn't sudden. It was a slow, creeping erosion of my sharpest asset. It started with forgetting a client's name mid-call. Then it was staring at a spreadsheet, the numbers blurring into an incomprehensible soup. I’d walk into the kitchen with a clear purpose, only to stand there, baffled, wondering what I came for. I called it “cognitive friction”—that feeling of your brain wading through mud. My first instinct was to double down on what I knew: tech and hacks. ...