#staying focused

[socialbutterfly19]

And one day it clicks…..

[random-xpressions]

Focus on the sun instead of chasing a thousand shadows...

Random Xpressions

[ghostofagirl21]

Sometimes focusing is like wrangling geese while people throw enticing treats into the water on the other side of the pond. It's doable, but it will take all day, you will be exhausted at the end of it, and you'll have gotten nothing but the bare minimum of having wrangled said geese despite spending all day at the park.

It's still worth wrangling those geese but my goodness it would be nice if those people could go have a drink at the quaint park cafe or something.

[fibing-and-vibing]

Hey, if you’re chronically ill/disabled, and especially if your illness is invisible, don’t forget: you’re fighting for you. Your priority is taking care of yourself. It’s hard when people don’t believe you, or don’t understand your symptoms. It’s tempting to focus on convincing them that your suffering is real. But you have limited energy, and if you spend it all on other peoples’ needs you’ll run out before you can take care of yourself. Their lack of understanding or empathy is their own problem. Sometimes convincing people is part of taking care of yourself - you need to convince your doctor that you’re sick, your work/school you need accommodations, sometimes your guardian to take you to appointments, etc. But please, remember that convincing people you need support is not your goal, it’s a step towards reaching your goal. Your goal is to make sure that you’re ok. When people don’t believe you, it’s frustrating, unfair, hurtful. But if you focus on that you will never get to where you need to be. Focus on what you need, and how to get it. You only need people to believe you if they hold authority over the resources you need. At the end of the day, you know what you feel is real, and you know what you need. That is your focus. Don’t let anyone take your focus away from you.

Positive affirmations to help with this:

People can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.

I am at peace because I know I’m on the right path.

My body is my responsibility, and I do what’s best for me.

I know where my energy needs to go and I put it there.

I am learning the beauty that comes with taking care of myself.

Growth is not equated to situations that bring conflict or stress, I can drop things that aren’t serving me.

The world doesn’t shrink to their size just because they lack the depth to understand it.

I don’t expect peace from people who are at war with themselves.

I respect my own needs.

I am winning my battles even if not everyone can see my scars.

[ifbrd]

Does anyone have any tips on things you can do while writing? I noticed I’ve been drawing more recently because I’ll play YouTube videos in the background and between the two activities, I actually stay pretty focused and get quite a bit of drawing done.

I’m wanting to write more. I have a fanfic specifically that I really want to write but I can’t seem to stay focused long enough to get much done. I’m wanting to somehow replicate what I did with drawing where I’m also doing/enjoying another activity at the same time so my attention stays longer, but I can’t think of an activity that wouldn’t conflict with writing. I don’t think I could play YouTube videos because I can’t go on autopilot with writing like I can drawing, I need to be actively focusing on writing to do it and I think YouTube videos I would either focus all on writing and not be listening to the video, or be only listening to the video and not be writing at all. I can’t think of any activity that wouldn’t cause an issue like this.

I’ve also thought of listening to music, but idk, I feel like lyrical songs might cause a similar problem, and instrumental songs won’t hold my attention enough

Anyone have any recommendations?

[wedarkacademia]

if anyone would like to join for study sessions then do let me know, would be fun to hold sess together and we can be motivated together :)

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[mykeyung]

Beyond the Assault by Myke Y.U.N.G.

These past years, my focus

Revolved around a concept

That was once a challenge,

But it has now become a

Crutch I need to stop leaning

On. While it has brought me

Back from the brink of being

Swallowed by my own thoughts

And kick started my creativity

With an urgency for a moment,

It would start to falter after a while

And I had no concrete plan to follow

Up making the rest of my year a catch

Up to a race I’m constantly falling behind

Everyone else month by month, but this

Year is when this trend is going to reverse

And I’m going to be steady on my own

Two feet and make a pursuit for progress

That can’t be held back or thrown into

Disarray after a few well-placed strikes

Because this time my mind is determined

Like an artist hungry for their big break and

I have a strategy that only gets stronger after

Each failure fueling my return to form even  

More.