The Span

One of the things I'm trying to do is to rebuild my attention span.

Since I became sick (is my guess) I have gotten in to the habit of being on my laptop and also on my phone.  So I'll be watching a show or something and will pause it to check social media on my laptop.  And then probably pick up my phone to check things there too.  And maybe play a game for a few.  And then back to the show.  Where I'll likely pick up my phone again.  It will sometimes take me an hour and a half to watch a forty minute show.  

That urge to pick up the phone is intense and it really feels like this habit has destroyed my attention span. 

So I'm starting to try to rebuild it (and break those habits) by first committing to watching a show without interruption.

So I'll look at my phone, put it down and put on the show.  I won't pick up the phone again until the show is done.  I'm forcing myself to JUST watch the show.  (I'm probably going to get more out of the shows this way as a bonus.   If that matters....) 

I started this maybe ten days ago and in a couple of really high stress moments/times, I did let myself multitask but I did it knowingly rather than passively.

I'm not sure if it's related or coincidental but I've also read a couple of chapters of non fiction books I've been meaning to read (they sit next to me on a table by the couch filling me with guilt) so here's to hopefully getting more out of my down time with a healthier attention span, right?