Is Your Focus Losing Focus?
Confessions from a recovering multi-tasker
I noticed something disturbing about myself. My attention span is disintegrating.
As my husband shared about his day, my mind scattered like dust in the wind. Thoughts drifting like dandelion seeds in a warm breeze. I had to ask him to repeat what he said. The crazy part? I’m the one who asked him to tell me about it.
That’s not all…
When I settle down to read a book, I can’t settle. I can’t watch an entire TV show, or seem to stay on task. We learned the importance of staying on task in Kindergarten, remember? “Stays on task” was a scored behavior and I always scored an “S”. Now my “stays on task” is less than satisfactory and my kindergarten teacher would be highly disappointed.
I’m not blaming it on Attention Deficit Disorder or any other disorder, I’m blaming it on technology and a culture that encourages us to take it all in, turn it all on, keep it all going, and cram it all in until there’s no more room— no matter the cost.
What keeps us connected is the very thing that causes disconnection.
