Comments on: Improving Your Attention Span http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/ Helping you find your purpose and navigate your quarter-life crisis in style Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:03:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jim Smoot http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/#comment-87 Jim Smoot Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:07:22 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/#comment-87 All of these are great tips. Sometimes one of the best things we can do is to slow down and pay attention. Our brains tend to place more emphasis on things that we treat with importance. If we don't pay attention to information our brain will decide that it isn't important. All of these are great tips. Sometimes one of the best things we can do is to slow down and pay attention.

Our brains tend to place more emphasis on things that we treat with importance. If we don’t pay attention to information our brain will decide that it isn’t important.

]]> By: Leah http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/#comment-70 Leah Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:42:32 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/#comment-70 You forgot sleep! Sleep deprivation is horrible for the......what was I saying? Seriously, DH and I have a really tough time getting enough sleep. It's bad enough that we are night owls rather than morning people, yet have to be up and out of bed by 6:15 (which never happens, usually 6:30 with some swearing), but we also have second jobs that force us to go on 2-4 hours of sleep a couple times each week. Getting enough sleep is huge for your short term memory. Weeks we go without sleep, we can't remember Wednesday by Friday. You forgot sleep! Sleep deprivation is horrible for the……what was I saying?

Seriously, DH and I have a really tough time getting enough sleep. It’s bad enough that we are night owls rather than morning people, yet have to be up and out of bed by 6:15 (which never happens, usually 6:30 with some swearing), but we also have second jobs that force us to go on 2-4 hours of sleep a couple times each week.

Getting enough sleep is huge for your short term memory. Weeks we go without sleep, we can’t remember Wednesday by Friday.

]]> By: JJ Loch http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/#comment-69 JJ Loch Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:01:39 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/#comment-69 My short term memory has taken a walk too. My husband found the sugar in the refrigerator a couple of days ago. Scary. Great blog! JJ :D My short term memory has taken a walk too. My husband found the sugar in the refrigerator a couple of days ago. Scary.

Great blog!

JJ :D

]]> By: Sister Sassy http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/#comment-68 Sister Sassy Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:15:32 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/02/19/improving-your-attention-span/#comment-68 I'm the same way. I have a little bubble that pops up whenever I get an email and I have to stop what I'm doing, read and respond. It drives JimmyEW crazy! But I did write creatively last night- I had to set a deadline-8:30 was when I had to start, then I had to focus. My goal was 30 minutes but I did it for an hour and was really happy I did it. btw, I found another blogger interested in putting up their creative writing but is chicken like me. Perhaps we can get a few people and set up aliases for all of us so no one knows who we are (including us) and we can start positing our fiction. ANy thoughts? Maybe we can start a progressive story. I’m the same way. I have a little bubble that pops up whenever I get an email and I have to stop what I’m doing, read and respond. It drives JimmyEW crazy!

But I did write creatively last night- I had to set a deadline-8:30 was when I had to start, then I had to focus. My goal was 30 minutes but I did it for an hour and was really happy I did it.

btw, I found another blogger interested in putting up their creative writing but is chicken like me. Perhaps we can get a few people and set up aliases for all of us so no one knows who we are (including us) and we can start positing our fiction.
ANy thoughts? Maybe we can start a progressive story.

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