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RTBTCKI Your Focus needs more Focus

Posted By on July 5, 2020

Sunday July 5, 2020 aka Day 39 of the Reopening Epic

Last night was noisy as fireworks were launched. A majority of them were not legal. This went on for over 4 hours. Some were close enough that I was worried about the house. I expect when I go out, I will find some firework debris. I had a headache by hour two which got progressively worse as the evening went on.

I woke up this morning with Phoebe sleeping on top of me. She likes it when I am on my left side. She curls up on me and goes to sleep purring. It is not the first morning I have woken up to this. It is comforting.

Yesterday we watched Captain America First Avenger, 1176, Captain America Winter Soldier, and Wonder Woman. Caroline and I got two walks in and I did a lot of sorting of boxes of stuff I said I would sort later. Overall a very productive day.

Today I plan to continue what I started yesterday.

Back in 2018 Weird Al did a piece entitled “The Hamilton Polka” which he performed with Lin Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon. I loved it then but now they upped their game. The Hamilton crew took Al’s song and used the movie to create a video that is brilliant.

Hamilton in 5 minutes kinda sorta.

Mewlan is doing her disappearing into a box trick. I swear she is entering her pocket dimension. 

Focus is important in getting things done. There are days that I am laser focused and there are other days that I cannot get my brain to keep two thoughts in line. There are things I do to refocus myself but there are days that I throw up my hands and let my squirrel brain take over in hopes that it will bring me back to where I need to be. I also call this the ‘oooo shiny’ syndrome. 

It can be very frustrating.

There is also looking at a mess and feel defeated before I even start. I cannot see the beginning that will lead to the end. It is then I find myself avoiding that which I need to do. If I can get myself started, then I can get into the groove and work my way through it. I find my focus.

Part of what I need to do when dealing with overwhelming stuff is to take a step back and let my brain work through how I am going to tackle the task. I break it down into smaller pieces until I have a plan of attack. At that point I can usually get started. It is the same with puppets and writing.

Again, it can be very frustrating.

I am grateful for focus.


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