Do you think the internet has reduced our concentration spans? It deliver’s many forms of stimulation. Jumping from one site to another. We don’t keep our attention in one place for too long. Yet there are times when we compartmentalise each and every task. Concentrating; not allowing anything to interrupt us until the job is done.
Distractions are everywhere. With our busy schedules we must exercise discipline over the mind.
Our lives revolve around two main environments. Home and school or how we earn a living. Yet it is far more complex. When we divide our time into compartments we get a better look at all the responsibilities.
Home: Relaxation, Entertainment, Rent or Mortgage, Bills, Repairs, Meals, Cleaning, Garden and/or Pool Maintenance
Family: Mother, Father, Siblings, Children, Partner, Friends, Expectations, Customs and Rituals, Celebrations
Work: Relationships, Deadlines, Pressures, Earnings, Meetings, Events
Activities: Expenses, Pleasures, Activity (E.g. Fishing or Scrapbooking)
This can be divided into smaller components.
Sibling: School, Homework, Friends, Activities, Illness, Appointments, Hobbies, Invitations.
Throughout the day we have various duties and responsibilities to attend to. Our attention is determined by how we have arranged our life. Each area gives us joy, pleasure, pressures, burdens and unhappiness.
Maintaining a single-mindedness becomes difficult when we are faced with a number of problems in different areas of our daily lives.