Coffee & the art of paying attention: for everyone who can't finish a book anymore - Lisbon Edition
Do you ever get to the bottom of a page and realise you haven't absorbed a single word? Or find yourself in a conversation, nodding, smiling, while your mind is completely somewhere else? Or pick up your phone to check the time and put it down 30 minutes later having no idea what just happened?
You're not losing your mind. You're not lazy. You're not uniquely bad at this.
Your attention is being competed for, by systems specifically engineered by teams of behavioural scientists to capture it and keep it, and most of us are walking around feeling like something is wrong with us, when actually what's happening is completely predictable, completely documented, and happening to almost everyone.
This gathering is a space to talk about that.
We'll sit together with some coffee, share what's actually going on for us, look at why our attention got here in the first place, and explore what it might look like to start taking it back, with some small but powerful routines that actually fit into real life.
This is for you if:
→ You've noticed your attention span shrinking and it's quietly bothering you;
→ You feel like you're always half-present, at work, with people you love, even alone;
→ You've tried to "use your phone less" and found it harder than it should be;
→ You want to understand what's actually going on and feel less alone in it.
About your host
Vero is a certified Digital Wellbeing Educator, founder of The Digital Awareness Community, digital nomad with +11 years experience working in tech and a background in psychology, who has lived and worked across 5 continents. After years of constant connectivity led her to burnout, she dedicated herself to study the science behind attention, digital habits, and intentional tech use, and has been helping individuals and teams find their way back to focus ever since.
She speaks from lived experience, shares practical tools that actually work, and creates spaces where people feel safe to talk about their struggles.
What to bring: just yourself, I’ll provide reflection sheets for our journaling exercises and pens.
Spots are limited to 10.
See you there!
Vero
The Digital Awareness Community
"Because every change starts with awareness"