I realise the mind has corners and it doesn’t want you to question it not physical corners we all know but one that is quiet, unnoticed spaces where your attention slips when something real asks more of you.
The strange part is, you never feel it happening. One moment you’re present, the next you’re somewhere else entirely thinking, scrolling as well as drifting away
Looking in the corner feels harmless, but it isn’t.
I started noticing it in the middle of important moments, times that required clarity, depth, honesty. Instead of staying, my mind would shift just slightly. And i’d entertain a random thought, revisit something irrelevant, or chase a distraction that had nothing to do with what was in front of me.
It felt natural but it was avoidance.
Psychologically, the brain doesn’t like pressure, that's to say real focus demands effort, forcing you to confront uncertainty, imperfection, even fear of failing. So the mind creates an exit, a soft one. It doesn’t pull you away forcefully; it invites you gently.
“Just look over here for a second.” that “second” becomes a pattern.
And over time, the corner becomes a habit, your default escape whenever something feels too heavy, too demanding, or too real.
Don’t look in the corner, not because there’s something there but because there isn’t. It’s an empty space designed to keep you from facing what actually matters. The more you look, the more your brain learns to run instead of remain.
I didn’t understand how much it controlled me until I tried to resist it, to sit still. To stay with the difficult thought, to keep my attention where it belonged.
It was uncomfortable, almost like I was doing something wrong.
But that discomfort revealed something important focus isn’t natural. It’s trained and every time you refuse the corner, you teach your mind that staying is safer than escaping.
Most people think distraction is the problem, It’s not, the problem is the quiet decision to keep choosing it.
So now, when I feel that pull, that subtle urge to drift, I catch it and pause, reminding myself that there is nothing for me in the corner, thereby returning to what that matters.
