Focus
As you get the three parts of the Self Care systems more in to place (as mentioned in the 3 previous posts) they will all aid in creating and maintaining your focus. As you know, each of these areas help support and overlap with the other areas. Some strategies to remember and utilize in supporting your focus generally include…keeping the things you want to focus on during a particular time and while in a particular space (such as at your desk) may include making things highly visible. For example, drawings, photos or other items that help remind you what you want to be doing at a particular time may be useful. On the other hand, removing things that may distract you or tempt you from getting off your focus may be good to notice so that you can remove them from sight. For example, if you have your default home page or web browser set on a search engine or on your web mail page or some other place that may pull your attention, consider keeping your web browser closed and/or setting your screen saver to go to a blank or black page so there is no distraction. Rather than having your email program download your emails every 10 minutes, have them download your email once an hour or three times a day. If you have ongoing projects with which you are collaborating with others on, and you need to know when your team members send you information on your current projects of the day, perhaps you can create project subtitles so you may check for those emails every hour without getting sidetracked on someone else’s’ agenda.
Another strategy is as much as possible, do your reading/studying for work or school in the same location(s) each day…always use the same room at home or the same area at the library, for example. You may wish to use the same time of day for certain tasks…notice what parts of the day is best for your to read or study and what times you do best to do tasks that require more moving around. Be creative and know that you may do better to read while standing or to read for 15 minutes and take a 2 minute walk and come back to reading. Notice when and how you are at your best, and use the options available to you with that in mind.
Here is to more success,
Robb
As you get the three parts of the Self Care systems more in to place (as mentioned in the 3 previous posts) they will all aid in creating and maintaining your focus. As you know, each of these areas help support and overlap with the other areas. Some strategies to remember and utilize in supporting your focus generally include…keeping the things you want to focus on during a particular time and while in a particular space (such as at your desk) may include making things highly visible. For example, drawings, photos or other items that help remind you what you want to be doing at a particular time may be useful. On the other hand, removing things that may distract you or tempt you from getting off your focus may be good to notice so that you can remove them from sight. For example, if you have your default home page or web browser set on a search engine or on your web mail page or some other place that may pull your attention, consider keeping your web browser closed and/or setting your screen saver to go to a blank or black page so there is no distraction. Rather than having your email program download your emails every 10 minutes, have them download your email once an hour or three times a day. If you have ongoing projects with which you are collaborating with others on, and you need to know when your team members send you information on your current projects of the day, perhaps you can create project subtitles so you may check for those emails every hour without getting sidetracked on someone else’s’ agenda.
Another strategy is as much as possible, do your reading/studying for work or school in the same location(s) each day…always use the same room at home or the same area at the library, for example. You may wish to use the same time of day for certain tasks…notice what parts of the day is best for your to read or study and what times you do best to do tasks that require more moving around. Be creative and know that you may do better to read while standing or to read for 15 minutes and take a 2 minute walk and come back to reading. Notice when and how you are at your best, and use the options available to you with that in mind.
Here is to more success,
Robb
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