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By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer.
Helen Hunt Jackson - September
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer.
Helen Hunt Jackson - September
The breezes taste
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.
John Updike, September
Of apple peel.
The air is full
Of smells to feel-
Ripe fruit, old footballs,
Burning brush,
New books, erasers,
Chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive,
Well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts
Chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean
With suds, the days
Are polished with
A morning haze.
John Updike, September
Keeping focussed
mheredge
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This article: 'The Two Things Killing Your Ability to Focus' gives useful tips on how we can stay more focussed.
The author describes waking up and being in a digital haze that continued throughout the day, keeping him from accomplishing important tasks. (Sound familiar?). He suggests the two major challenges that are destroying our ability to focus are that we increasingly are overwhelmed with distractions flying at us from various connected devices. We now use digital media for an average of over 12 hours per day. And then at the office, we rely excessively on meetings as the default form of interaction with other people at work. We can spend from 35–55 percent of our time, and sometimes more, in meetings.
He suggests five daily practices:
* Practice mindfulness.
* Organize tasks
* Clean up
* Shrink meetings
* Preserve buffers
Staying focused at work is not easy, but it is doable. These five practical techniques will help you stay on task, accomplish what matters, and enjoy yourself more throughout the day.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-two-things-killing-your-ability-to-focus?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
The author describes waking up and being in a digital haze that continued throughout the day, keeping him from accomplishing important tasks. (Sound familiar?). He suggests the two major challenges that are destroying our ability to focus are that we increasingly are overwhelmed with distractions flying at us from various connected devices. We now use digital media for an average of over 12 hours per day. And then at the office, we rely excessively on meetings as the default form of interaction with other people at work. We can spend from 35–55 percent of our time, and sometimes more, in meetings.
He suggests five daily practices:
* Practice mindfulness.
* Organize tasks
* Clean up
* Shrink meetings
* Preserve buffers
Staying focused at work is not easy, but it is doable. These five practical techniques will help you stay on task, accomplish what matters, and enjoy yourself more throughout the day.
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-two-things-killing-your-ability-to-focus?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
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waking up and stumble over the smartphone with pointless notification, would lead to waste our time and our concentration, so we need take a break to prepare our mind for the next task.
decluttering my place, desktop, and smartphone at the first place it's relaxed me, and gave me this ability to stay much longer do my task. the contrary, if my place messy then I'll do my task but it'll take much time
can I consider procrastinate kind of distracting? because as a procrastinator I keep thinking about my stuff, so it might be prevented me to do new task unless finished the old one!!!
could you tell me the meaning of(Lack of margin) and (preserve buffer)? @mheredge
the article mentioned this word also( buffer time)___it means(a break)?!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2019/aug/14/how-to-restore-your-books-habit-reading-social-media
I certainly agree with the point the author makes about hobbies getting a comeback. Maybe this is why I am enjoying sketching so much. It is engrossing and takes you completely away from anything digital. Though of course there are always the artists following David Hockney by drawing using their iPads.
I think too, it is easier to focus and not get distracted when you are doing something that you enjoy. I sometimes get so carried away when I'm reading or sketching that time slips by without noticing it.
I also find I can keep focussed very easily when I have a tight deadline to meet. Today was a case in point. I had to go through a report in minute detail before heading off tomorrow. I have just emerged from it after seven solid hours, so my head is reeling. But needs must and so apart from one cup of tea and maybe two visits to the bathroom, I have not allowed myself to be distracted.
I am very lucky living in a place with such a great climate.
My eyesight seems to be weakening these days. When I look at the letters on the screen, they look like they’re written in double or sometimes triples. I need to strengthen my eyesight, and I guess the best way to do that is not to look at the screen too much, which is very difficult to accomplish since I want to write comments in the forum.
Do you have excellent vision?
Here’s a question for you guys.
How do you know when it’s really time for you to rest your eyes? You don’t have to answer this seriously. All jokes are welcome!
I’m asking this just for fun!
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Yeah! Your eyes definitely need a rest.
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