Strategic Monk
I am a person of focus.
One of those personality tests tells me that focus is one of my strongest qualities. I rely on focus often, sometimes too often.
I recognize that there are times when I focus because I intend to focus. I pay attention. I concentrate. I commit more and more of my subroutines to organizing, or understanding, or finding.
I focus on choosing exactly the right word, or sorting out competing feelings and concerns, or listening to hear the deep truth someone is trying to tell me. Focus is a skill or tool I use to get past clutter and find what I want.
I set up my equipment and find the piece that lets me focus on my intended task. Focus allows me to see and hear with clarity, to filter out extraneous factors that would distract me from what I intend to do.
There are times, though, when my focus seems to have a mind of its own.
I may be trying to focus on something else, or I may have my focus dialed down a little. I may be reflecting, on vacation, or trying to sleep.
My focus locks onto something, and I am not very good at getting it to let go. It may be that I remember something I forgot to do. It may be the exactly right word I wanted a few days ago. It may be a line from a movie or the song that I heard briefly and now cannot get out of my head.
My autofocus has engaged, and I am hooked.
Sometimes it feels like my focus reads a lack of problems to solve as a problem, and it generates solutions.
Where is your focus right now?
How do you release the grip of your focus?
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