{"id":7218,"date":"2020-07-05T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T13:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/?p=7218"},"modified":"2020-07-05T08:49:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T13:49:35","slug":"rtbtcki-your-focus-needs-more-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/05\/rtbtcki-your-focus-needs-more-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"RTBTCKI Your Focus needs more Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sunday July 5, 2020 aka Day 39 of the Reopening Epic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I plan to continue what I started yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 2018 Weird Al did a piece entitled \u201cThe Hamilton Polka\u201d 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\u2019s song and used the movie to create a video that is brilliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Weird Al&quot; Yankovic - The Hamilton Polka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oNEdEDbhTQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamilton in 5 minutes kinda sorta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mewlan is doing her disappearing into a box trick. I swear she is entering her pocket dimension.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 \u2018oooo shiny\u2019 syndrome.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be very frustrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, it can be very frustrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am grateful for focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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