There are situations where distraction is a must and there are situations where focus is a must.
Let us look at both situations and rational and need for both cases.
In some situations distraction can be disastrous and focusing is a must:
- Surgeries
- Working with heavy equipment
- Driving
- Landing and take off
The task of focusing is basically guidance and mastery over our mind to accomplish tasks.
However, when for various reasons, we delegate mastery over our mind to our thoughts (or other’s thoughts); Distraction is required to create a balance. Some of situations where balancing act/distraction are required:
- Excessive worry
- Racing Mind
- Stress
- Negative self-talk
- Mild pains
- Watching commercials of any sort
- Creative work and problem solving
The main goal of distraction is to get us out of our head and to connect us with our body and heart.
Breading, meditation, gratitude, physical activities, sufficient sleep, being in nature, music and dance are some of the very useful methods to connect with our body and to become whole again.
What percentage of your day do you use your mind to focus on tasks?
What percentage of your day do you invest in balancing acts?
Have the ratio of those two increased or decreased over the past six months?
Copyright .2022 by Shervin Hojat
I have just the opposite kind of distraction. When I am reading and responding, writing with my left brain working very hard, all of the spasms, aches and pains and irritations just go away until I look up and realize that they been gone while I was actively writing. So when I go into my brain deeply, my body loses all of the painful indicators it was sending my way.
But I certainly do engage in those balancing acts that you describe because I can't concentrate like I do while writing all day long. Never have been, except that I did it far longer when I was younger. However, while getting my brain and body balanced, sometimes I start to feel spasms and other indications that my body needs to do certain functions that I didn't feel the whole time I was writing.
Ron
PS. Breading may be an activity, but Reading certainly is.