{"id":6,"date":"2006-06-23T17:25:12","date_gmt":"2006-06-23T22:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/2006\/06\/23\/adt-the-catch-and-release-distraction-program-43-folders\/"},"modified":"2009-10-29T18:26:49","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T23:26:49","slug":"adt-the-catch-and-release-distraction-program-43-folders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/2006\/06\/23\/adt-the-catch-and-release-distraction-program-43-folders\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.43folders.com\/2006\/04\/10\/adt\/\">ADT &#038; the catch-and-release distraction program | 43 Folders<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"exercise\">Mindfulness exercise: The catch-and-release distraction program<\/h3>\n<p>Spend one workday hour today or tomorrow self-consciously <em>aware<\/em> of each single task you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re working on at a given time <small>(try it: I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll bet it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot harder for you than it sounds)<\/small>.<\/p>\n<p>Treat that task with a combination of relaxation, reverence, and the quiet awareness that, at least for the time that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s earned your attention, this is the single most important thing in the world. When you notice yourself half-assing, <em>be aware of it<\/em>, and allow your mind to gently turn back to focus.<\/p>\n<p>As you stay focused on doing one valuable thing at a time, notice and mentally acknowledge all the times that you feel yourself being drawn to <em>something else<\/em>. Listen for the times that your mind pokes at you to tear ass over to email or your RSS reader, and just let the thought pass by, <em>ungrasped<\/em>. Hear the shrill ringy-dingy of your phone, but resist the urge to grab it before it goes to voice mail. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t dwell on distractions; just note them, and let them go.<\/p>\n<p>Just one hour. You can do it.<\/p>\n<p>For bonus credit, when that hour is up, jot down 2-3 interruptions you think might deserve less attention than you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been allowing them. <em>Assuming you wanted to turn down the volume and recapture more mindful attention, where could you cut fat and never miss it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Update: 10\/26\/2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/silverclipboard.com\/2009\/10\/26\/frequent-multitaskers-are-the-worst-at-multitasking\/\">Frequent Multitaskers are the Worst at Multitasking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADT &#038; the catch-and-release distraction program | 43 Folders Mindfulness exercise: The catch-and-release distraction program Spend one workday hour today or tomorrow self-consciously aware of each single task you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re working on at a given time (try it: I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll bet it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot harder for you than it sounds). Treat that task with a combination of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gentropy.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}