To do every task with intention- This feels impossible these days, with all sorts of things begging for our attention. Even as I’m sitting on the couch typing I have a TV show on in front of me, its nearly impossible to focus! Im not sure when we collectively decided that it’s actually possible to multitask. Even the commercials that I don’t give a crap about are sucking ay attention. Why do we allow this? How much time would I have if I truly filtered the things that I allow to steal my attention. How would I use that recaptured time?
I’m still in the research phases. I know that changing a habit is hard, it takes a lot of consideration. You have to start small. My first step was to hinder the connection of one of the two biggest attention suckers, I deleted the Facebook app from my phone. Honestly, I haven’t missed It. The amount of time I spent just needlessly scrolling through posts and ADs was getting ridiculous. I never actually put a number to it because I honestly don’t want to know therefore, it’s gone. My game plan so far is to assess my time spent, and restrict access to things that are not enriching my life. Simple starting point. My phone is the number one attention sucker in my life. I think that my phone is a reasonable place to start. I can still access Facebook on a computer. I’ve found though that even after going a week or two without seeing it, upon my return there is maybe two out of twenty five notifications that I even care about, let alone that are personally addressed to me even. Somehow Facebook has managed to manipulate my notifications settings in a way that I cannot figure out. I get told when someone I talked to last week posted about their mom or someone I haven’t talked to in years posts a picture of their dog. Grand scheme of things, I just don’t care. Harsh as it sounds, reality is there is just SO much information coming at us all day everyday you really need to decide what to allow in and most importantly why.
I am choosing to focus my attention on things that will enrich my life. Not exclusively, I enjoy watching TV shows after a long day of work as much as the next guy. The point is that cat videos and other people’s political views are not benefiting me in anyway. I want to do my best to focus on myself and my brain and growing as a person. To grow into the person I want to be.
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