Was hella distracted writing today, I wasn’t focused, and wasn’t getting a lot of deep work done. All my work felt very surface-level, and shallow.
Lately, when I’ve tried to write in the morning I’ve been hella distracted and slow as fuck in starting, then I’ll compensate by eating into the time I set aside for Uni essay writing.
Creative procrastination is not the worst thing in the world to do, but I need to be more disciplined with my time, write when I say I will and only for that time.
Writing is basically like going gym?
Now that I think about it, writing really is like going into the gym. You can either work out for a long time at a moderate pace, or you can go all-in, super intense for a short period.
I’ve been trying to streamline my training sessions, so I can get in and out the gym a lot quicker. I’m gonna try to do the same with writing, stay more focused, so I can work more efficiently.
My mind felt a bit like a headless chicken when I was brainstorming today. It was running around to different ideas all at once, and I felt very distracted.
I had a think about how I can alleviate this – my mind has been dwelling on a lot of trivial shit lately.
To help keep my focus, I’ll try writing down all my nagging thoughts that are distracting me from my current task, then coming back later if they’re important enough to still deal with and going through them.
I’ve been rereading Richard Koch’s The 80/20 Principle recently, just to focus in on my efficiencies and inefficiencies, to improve my work life balance. I would highly recommend giving it a read if you haven’t already, his book as it really has changed the way how I approach work.
Would also recommend this video by Ali Abdaal on deep work and concentration – I feel like it might be a good video to check out if you’re feeling distracted.