Losing Focus…
Posted by Aragoen Celtdra on 11th November 2008
It’s been hard maintaining a laser-like focus lately. With all the increased responsibilities at work and other distractions, I’ve been falling more and more behind with my studies. I hardly get to spend any time at work to study. With the amount of work I have, I don’t even take my usual small breaks. And when I get home I’m just too tired to concentrate. Even the two hours I’m able to study, I probably only really take in 30 minutes of solid work.
This weekend wasn’t particularly productive either. I spent most of Saturday watching college football, hoping a majority of the top 6 ranked teams would fall – I’m a USC Trojan fan and right now they’re currently ranked 7th. 
Only one team lost. On Sunday, I had planned to redeem myself by spending the rest of the day hacking through all the OSPF labs. Well, right after we came back from an early morning Sunday Mass, I get a call from a friend inviting us to join him and his family on a nice day at the LA Zoo. His wife was able to get a hold of some free tickets and was gracious enough to invite us. I wanted to say no, but who could say no to free tickets. Besides, my wife thought it was a good idea to spend some quality time with friends and family. On our way to the park, I got pulled over for going 78 on a 65mph highway. When the cop asked for my license ID, I was a bit nervous that I pulled my credit card instead and handed it to him. To make things worse, we couldn’t find our registration, insurance card, and our license plate sticker was out of date. But in the end the police officer, maybe seeing that we had a sleeping toddler in the back, let us go with a warning. Boy, did we escape a potentially very expensive excursion! The rest of the day went splendid after that incidence. I think my son was appreciative as well because he was very cheerful that whole day – especially getting to hang out with his god-brother. Although the weekend was unproductive, I’m glad we went.
Now on my way to work this morning, I was thinking a lot about my studies. I’ve been feeling guilty about wasting so much of my study time by not using it effectively and efficiently. I’m trying to figure out a way to break out of this plateau. I’m sure that despite turbulent dynamics at work and its lingering effects at home there are still ways I can get around that and really get myself on the ball again. I just need to find a way to change things around a bit to stimulate my motivation motors.
Focus, grasshoppaaa! Focus!
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