Serious question, what is "important" in the meetings? Do you think you are missing out by not paying attention, either because you're missing info you need to

Serious question, what is "important" in the meetings? Do you think you are missing out by not paying attention, either because you're missing info you need to do your job, the opportunity to voice your view or understand other people's views, or some other thing? If the answer is no, I'd advocate paying minimal attention in case you're needed or need something, and trying to be productive on something else. If the answer is yes, then some other attention strategy is needed. I've seen people skip meetings entirely and then complain when decisions are made without them. I've also been to lots of meetings where there was near zero point in being there, but if I hadn't then I might have missed some small important thing. Especially for larger meetings, it's completely realistic imo to mostly have it as background noise but be there so you're in the loop. Incidentally, I did that a lot with university lectures too. This may not be the right strategy for everyone, but neither is trying to absorb information from a meeting when your mind doesn't work that way.