Get your Head in the Game!

This week's topic is focus- a difficult thing to keep when you are surrounded by so many sources of distraction in our technology flooded world. Focus is important in academics as well in sports. Just like  an athlete will lose a match if his or her head isn't in the game, a writer or student will miss deadlines and get bad grades if they don't get their head in the game and get to it. During any sport, an athlete always needs to be in the game one hundred percent. If they get distracted, they will most likely fumble, maybe miss a catch, and ultimately mess up the play entirely. 

The same happens with students. It is very difficult to keep focus when you are surrounded by so many distractions an are living in such a fast-paced world. There are emails to reply to, texts to read, status updates to look at, Pinterest projects to try (my guilty pleasure), TV shows to watch, and your best friend- the bed- to doze off on. So many distractions! It's no wonder almost every student I have met to date has to deal with procrastination. There is just so much to do. And yet, half of the time we don't do what we really need to do.

I know that my biggest problem is distractions in my head - worrying about what I have to do and when I need it done rather than actually doing it. I can sit down for hours on end planning and worrying and not even write one word of my essay. I've been struggling with this more and more as I get further into my school year. This is no bueno...not good! I know that if I want things done, I've got to get to it and do them, I just struggle getting started.

 Usually what it takes to get me started is turning of the music, blocking time-wasters on the internet using "Chrome Nanny" (my best friend- look it up in the Google chrome apps), going somewhere to be alone, and grabbing a snack so I have no excuse to leave my work undone. I know for many people it can also help to turn off your phone, or an even better solution, someone recommended giving your phone to your roommate or friend while you study. For a while, I argued with my sister and mom that I could focus with music playing in the background just as long as it wasn't anything loud. I began to find myself so bored with my work that I would get distracted by the music no matter what kind or how soft or slow it was. Now, I just turn it off completely. The most important thing to remember is to just get to work. Just worrying about it won't get it done, you have to sit down and get to it. Okay,... go now...I mean it! Get to work!

Questions, nice comments, and ideas are great. The whole idea of this blog is to help me better my writing. Any positive feedback is welcome.