| Focus used to mean buckling down and adding a lot of effort and output to a task. Push big rock hard to build pyramid, or smash hard thing with hammer, means adding a lot of energy to the task. Focus means now to subtract out everything that isn't. Everything that isn't the answer to your task. And don't hold the stuff you got rid of. Find the valley where the answer to your question fits. As soon as you feel the desire to add things, or feel any desire really, you'll be back onto tasks that categorically can absorb additional energy. Cleaning the mower, cutting grass, tripod'ed the iPad while talking off your gf's ear (or whatever). Descend the mountain, get to the bottom of all relationships, use critical thinking to lighten your workload, not add more analysis. Let go of having a full working map of your code in your 'mind' as you go... or at least your process for finding a code answer is along the same path as letting go of juggling multiple concepts in your mind until there's just one left. Complete opposite of how I grew up working. Oh gosh I'm doing it now by over explaining this. Good luck! |