We recently bought a new digital camera. Our old one was beginning to throw large fits, turning itself on and off at will, and refusing to comply with simple requests such as "upload to computer" and "focus." I briefly mourned the loss of the old camera, remembering all the memories it had captured. Then, with a shout of glee, began playing with my new toy, which I bought on sale at Target. My favorite part of the new camera is the zoom function. With the press of a button, it can hone in on details and capture perspectives that the naked eye cannot.
I have taken score of photos of leaves, raindrops, and my children's faces, just to test the limits of the most hallowed zoom. The excitement about the zoom function was starting to wear off until I started writing out my work outs for the week.
It’s hard for me to work from home. There are many distractions and thoughts that cause my mind to go array each time I sit down. I need to wash this load of laundry before Noah’s soccer practice tonight. Or…If I prepare this dish now, we can have a decent dinner tonight and I’ll still be able to make that meeting. I’ve tried organizing the house and removing the clutter. But somehow it doesn’t help with the decluttering of my mind. Hundreds of half-thoughts swirl around in my brain and prevent me from completing a thought or project. Perhaps I am a bit A.D.D. but there must be steps I can take that go beyond decluttering my physical space and into my mental space. So I began to do a bit of research and pulled together a few steps I found that may be beneficial to those you who also deal with lack of cerebral order. Most are common sense and ones I’ve seen before but often repetition and reminders are all we need.
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