Hi Mary Ellen! I actually read that book. It was good, but I also have the same problem of just simply a. being a person a woman and b. older than the young guy who wrote it.
In order to write now, I am able to go to the library at Christendom once a week and drown myself in books, but even then I also suffer distractions and a simple lack of drive.
The one thing that book did convince me to do was cut out Facebook. And with that went Instagram. I am still amazed by how much more time I have and how much less I am drawn to my phone. I also made my iPhone black-and-white since I realize colors have a real hold on my brain.
When I need a picture fix, I do get on Pinterest but only on my desktop since my phone is not black and white. Now substack is admittedly my new addiction. I just don’t subscribe to anything so that there is a limit to what I can read. :-)
I also would love to hear what any other women our age have to say about that book or about the problems of focus in general.
Hi Regina!! Thanks for subscribing, it's so good to be able to converse with you here.
The lack of drive and focus is a real problem. I wish I could delete Facebook but I'm sort of obligated to be there for work however I am limiting it and am there much less. Instagram I try to keep for evenings and weekends and I've scaled back on who I follow. It becomes too stressful to hear everyone's opinions about everything and it tends to clutter my thoughts which doesn't help my distractedness.
I think part of it is being pulled in many directions. I still homeschool and I still drive kids around. A lot of women my age are past that stage and on to that second chapter of life. I kind of have a foot in each because I have a short time left of homeschooling and am starting to focus on how I want my life to look after that. Dave and I both.
Hi Mary Ellen! I actually read that book. It was good, but I also have the same problem of just simply a. being a person a woman and b. older than the young guy who wrote it.
In order to write now, I am able to go to the library at Christendom once a week and drown myself in books, but even then I also suffer distractions and a simple lack of drive.
The one thing that book did convince me to do was cut out Facebook. And with that went Instagram. I am still amazed by how much more time I have and how much less I am drawn to my phone. I also made my iPhone black-and-white since I realize colors have a real hold on my brain.
When I need a picture fix, I do get on Pinterest but only on my desktop since my phone is not black and white. Now substack is admittedly my new addiction. I just don’t subscribe to anything so that there is a limit to what I can read. :-)
I also would love to hear what any other women our age have to say about that book or about the problems of focus in general.
Hi Regina!! Thanks for subscribing, it's so good to be able to converse with you here.
The lack of drive and focus is a real problem. I wish I could delete Facebook but I'm sort of obligated to be there for work however I am limiting it and am there much less. Instagram I try to keep for evenings and weekends and I've scaled back on who I follow. It becomes too stressful to hear everyone's opinions about everything and it tends to clutter my thoughts which doesn't help my distractedness.
I think part of it is being pulled in many directions. I still homeschool and I still drive kids around. A lot of women my age are past that stage and on to that second chapter of life. I kind of have a foot in each because I have a short time left of homeschooling and am starting to focus on how I want my life to look after that. Dave and I both.