I have to admit that some days it is the hardest thing to do for me to sit down and type out this blog. But I am committed to it so I know that I must. I don't do it because people are depending on me so that they can read all about my life. Rather, I know I have to do it for myself so that I can maintain being accountable to myself and this process. Many days it requires alot of focus and a glass of my energy drink to get my going and getting the fingers typing away with the key ingredient not being the energy drink but rather the focus.
I find myself doing that alot in life. As a child they used to call it procrastination. For me, I call it a focus issue. While I've never been classified as attention deficit, I can see how there are times when I just can't seem to focus on one thing. Of course not! Have you looked at society and life these days? How can anyone just focus on one thing? Most days and nights my mind has about a hundred if not a thousand thoughts going through it at any second. I often thing I need a ziploc container to put all my thoughts in and to organize. Alas...the thoughts are there.
When I have something important to do though, what keeps me from having the focus to get it done early? I mean, I can find about 10 different TV shows, 20 emails, Facebook, and any other thing to push me away from what I need to do and get done for the day at that moment. Today I am going to work on maintaining focus. It's amazing what I can get done when I push myself to do the project or the task. But I am not only doing it for today, but working on improving this in my life.
Once I maintain focus though I need to keep pushing forward at the task I am doing. It's easy to say, okay, I focused for 15 minutes, I can take a break. For me...the break will never end. I need to keep dredging forward. I need to not fear the task ahead.
So...now that I have been putting off getting ready for work, I must now go focus on what need to do for the day and get at it. Till tomorrow...
To focus is a very difficult thing to do right now. Here we are, at the end of February, it seems like winter will never end, and we have to focus? This is where it is nice to be retired. I don't have to go out, or I can at least wait until mid morning before I go anywhere. Still, about the only thing to focus on right now, is a good book, and then wait for spring to get here. Come on Spring!
ReplyDeleteI love this blog. Lately my focus is out of control. I feel your pain. I have thought many times recently that I need to go back to my list. Every morning I use to make out a list and check them off one by one. I might not complete the list but I often found out that the unchecked ones could be put to the next day's list or I was asking too much of myself. Love that thought at the end of the day. Thanks again for this one. I think I will go back to my list.
ReplyDelete