You're right about everything you said but I already had this problem and decided to view it from another perspective.
I learn to distinguish between:
- Logically Productive Actions: the actions your brain tells you to do. Work, study, clean your room, learn a skill
- Emotionally Productive Actions: the actions your heart tells you to do. Read that book, take a walk with your dog, call a far relative, watch a film
It's right to say that entrainement it's quite a lost of time, but it's not so right to say that all of it it's so. Some films or series can teach you something the producer learnt in its life or just open your eyes on what to do on a situation that it seems like one of yours. There are many examples for many of us because it's obvious that our cases are different from each others'.
As for everything, balancing is the key.
If you tend to take just logically productive actions, your emotions will suffer from it.
If you tend to take just emotionally productive actions, your goals, your work, your time or whatever it applies to you will suffer from it.
It's all about balance... In the end, we should take life more lightly while never forgetting the incredible gifts that it is.
I understand whqt you're saying but even after locking my device's away.. I can't focus on a book for 5 minutes.. I can't focus on anything more than 30 minutes.. I just can't focus.. I know I need to to do the work or finish the chapter, but I just can't focus.. I can't keep on reading the book.. What do I do??
This perfectly captures what I've been observing in my own life and with my readers - this invisible tax on our potential that we voluntarily pay every day.
It's fascinating how distraction has evolved from an occasional state to our default mode of existence. I've found that our relationship with distraction often reveals deeper truths about what we're avoiding. When I catch myself reaching for my phone mid-task, I've started asking: "What discomfort am I trying to escape right now?"
Excellent read. I definitely think there's a real connection between addiction and distraction. Well, unless your work is an addiction. But could work be a distraction? Hhmm. Questions, questions.
You're right about everything you said but I already had this problem and decided to view it from another perspective.
I learn to distinguish between:
- Logically Productive Actions: the actions your brain tells you to do. Work, study, clean your room, learn a skill
- Emotionally Productive Actions: the actions your heart tells you to do. Read that book, take a walk with your dog, call a far relative, watch a film
It's right to say that entrainement it's quite a lost of time, but it's not so right to say that all of it it's so. Some films or series can teach you something the producer learnt in its life or just open your eyes on what to do on a situation that it seems like one of yours. There are many examples for many of us because it's obvious that our cases are different from each others'.
As for everything, balancing is the key.
If you tend to take just logically productive actions, your emotions will suffer from it.
If you tend to take just emotionally productive actions, your goals, your work, your time or whatever it applies to you will suffer from it.
It's all about balance... In the end, we should take life more lightly while never forgetting the incredible gifts that it is.
I understand whqt you're saying but even after locking my device's away.. I can't focus on a book for 5 minutes.. I can't focus on anything more than 30 minutes.. I just can't focus.. I know I need to to do the work or finish the chapter, but I just can't focus.. I can't keep on reading the book.. What do I do??
This perfectly captures what I've been observing in my own life and with my readers - this invisible tax on our potential that we voluntarily pay every day.
It's fascinating how distraction has evolved from an occasional state to our default mode of existence. I've found that our relationship with distraction often reveals deeper truths about what we're avoiding. When I catch myself reaching for my phone mid-task, I've started asking: "What discomfort am I trying to escape right now?"
Great stuff as always!
Excellent read. I definitely think there's a real connection between addiction and distraction. Well, unless your work is an addiction. But could work be a distraction? Hhmm. Questions, questions.
Questions for another write :D
Is this different or more beneficial than the opal app?