CAS Journal Entry #38
Focus Training Reflection
Throughout this week, I’ve focused on practicing exercise #2 where you write the things that made you lose your focus while doing any assignment. The reason why you do this exercise is to understand how the smallest things make you lose focus, and how it takes approximately 25 minutes to re-focus on a task once you’ve been distracted. I have learned many things about myself while doing this activity. One of the things I learned about myself was over how easily I distract myself from the most stupid things which are kind of concerning. In addition, by writing the things and thoughts that are distracting me throughout the day it makes me reflect on how important it is to not let the little things distract us in our everyday lives.
| Day | Time | What distracted me? | Outcome |
| Saturday | 2:00pm | I was thinking if it was possible for me to put a face mask on after I’ve popped a pimple. | I ended up wasting my time trying to find the answer to that question and kept procrastinating my business work. |
| Sunday | 4:00pm-5:00pm | I was thinking and concerned about how to present my future boyfriend to my family (even though I don’t have one). I also was thinking about how old Vera Wang and was curious over that and ended up distracting myself. | Again, I was super curious and searched the answer to these questions and procrastinated my math homework. |
| Monday | 3:00pm | My YouTube tab was opened and so while I had Bachi classes I was watching a video on Coca Cola’s market strategies. | Again, curiosity won and ended up not paying attention to my Bachi class for 10 minutes as a result of watching this video. |
| Tuesday | 9:00pm | I almost got distracted by Instagram while I was doing my biology homework. | This time I decided to not pay attention to Instagram since I know I would’ve lost my focus for my biology homework. |
| Wednesday | 8:00pm | I got distracted with my soccer ball instead of doing my Glopo notes. | This time I lost my focus while making my Glopo notes since I decided to play with my soccer ball for a little bit. |
| Thursday | 7:30pm | I almost got distracted by looking at what year Pokémon cards come out. | This time I didn’t succumb to this question, I finished my business research document, and then I searched it. Turns out they were published in 1996. |
| Friday | 11:00am | I got distracted by a Reddit debate on which one was better, Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings. | I was supposed to be doing TOK homework but this debate definitely made me lose my focus and my train of thought. |
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