mindspace

Inner attention landscape

Mindspace is the mental capacity or attention someone has available for a particular concern.

It treats the mind as a container with limited room: I don't have the mindspace for drama right now, This project is taking up all my mindspace.

The term suggests that thoughts, worries, and interests compete for finite cognitive real estate.

cognition

thought

Mental concept or reflection

understanding · reasoning · attention · focus · concentration · headspace · clarity · insight · comprehension · recognition

creativity

imagination

Faculty for forming ideas

visionary · conceptualization · innovation · invention · abstraction · daydreaming · incubation · musing · fantasizing

sanctuary

retreat

Sanctuary or withdrawal

respite · headspace · decompression · unwinding · escape · seclusion · recharge

meditation

zen

Meditative calm

breathwork · centering · grounding · inner-peace · equanimity · vipassana · zazen · samadhi · satori · mantra

Opposites
realm/domain

mindspacephysical space

Area with three dimensions

meatspace · real world · physical reality · physical location · external world

cognitive engagement

mindspacethoughtlessness

Lack of careful consideration

zoned out · mindlessness · empty-headedness · emptiness · blank mind

internal vs. external awareness

mindspaceexternal world

Reality beyond one's consciousness

environment · surroundings · sensory input

Family

mind, space, minds, minded, mindful, mindless, mindfully, mindfulness, mindlessly

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