"As I weed out distractions I begin to miss them. They kept me from feeling so unsatisfied with my existence."
The "big clean" is coming along. My life is already more organized than it has ever been, and it really didn't take more than a little helpful instruction from David Allen's "Getting Things Done." My computer has no random folders or documents sitting around. My paperwork is approaching something akin to organization. My email inbox is empty. I got through an entire list of things to accomplish.
And I feel two things as I come closer to something I will call "undistraction." The first thing I am feeling is a returned ability to focus. Meaning, maybe I can finally finish those papers, and get my diploma. It is all beginning to seem possible. In a sense I was right all along - I have had too much mental baggage to ever focus on any really challenging projects.
The second thing I am feeling is a bit more immediate. It is a somewhat unsatisfied feeling. Some of my life's difficulties are beginning to disappear, and yet I feel bored and unsatisfied all the same. Things are a bit cleaner, which is nice, but down at the bottom not a whole lot changes. It's like a room that was filled with random junk and seemed sorta wild like maybe there was something exciting happening, and then the junk gets cleaned out and you realize it's just a silly old room like any other room.
Well I am exhausted (at 9:22 PM!) thanks to my new 3 AM fedex job so I'm going to sleep.
Approaching Undistraction
17 June 2008 | Posted by Pilgrim at 9:04 PM
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Hey Josh,
I know that when i finally came through difficult circumstances i felt bored. Mostly because i didn't know what to do in cleaness but i could always find something to do in a mess.
Hmmm..
Anyways great post. I know that Carl would like to talk to you and catch up with you. I will give him the encouragement and time to call you.
Believe it or not Josh, you really helped him find firmness in a time he felt as though he was on shifting sand and i will always be grateful to you for that.
We hope you are doing well...
Take care
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