Ever since February 1, I don’t know what it is with February in particular, I’ve had a hard time sitting down to read. The funny thing is I want to read. I’m not in a reading slump. I love the book I’m currently reading and I have other books I want to get to this month. The problem lies in distractions!
TV isn’t so much of a distraction for me anymore. I only watch a few shows religiously and I usually record them with my TiVo and watch them on the weekend when I have more time. My form of distraction is my blasted smart phone! I have a serious case of FOMO (fear of missing out). I don’t want to be left out. I want to be included. So I glue myself to my phone instead of realizing that I can check my email, Facebook, texts, other social media tomorrow and not have the world implode on me!
I may need to go into a 12-step program for people addicted to media. And, I’m not trying to make light of addictions. I’m serious. I think this is a real thing.
I have a daily commitment of putting all media away at 7:30 pm so I can disconnect from the world. Unfortunately, I haven’t been keeping that commitment at all. I started this to help me sleep better. But, I’m thinking I need to be more committed and hard-nosed with myself just so I can actually be more productive and get more reading done and learn to deal with my FOMO.
Do you ever get distracted, not by legitimate things like kids or work but by senseless things, so much that it stops you from reading as much as you want to? What do you do to put away those distractions?
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I think I have the same issue! Good luck with fighting and getting to the books!
Thanks! I’ll try. I’m hoping to read a lot this weekend. We’ll see what happens.
Yes! I tend to get very distracted by little insignificant things. When I (finally) make it onto twitter, I find my time is getting sucked away. It is hard to break away, but the more you do it, the easier it becomes. But don’t be too hard on yourself, just keep trying to do better
Ha! I totally understand that. Twitter and Facebook are huge time suckers for me (in a good way, though). I just need to remember to break away. I’ll keep working at it.
OMG, this is me right now. I need to get off the computer because I am SOOO behind this week, and yet I can’t log off, there are several things I need to finish first. Oh well. I keep trying to set boundaries with my online time, but I fail every time. I’m sure we can both come up with some way to remedy this and stick with it.
Ha! I know what you mean. I do the same thing on my computer, or phone, and think to myself–GET OFF THE PHONE! And then, I don’t. Lol.
I’ve been feeling this so bad this week because I’m overwhelmed with moving and I’m so behind on posts for my blog. So what do I do? Constantly refresh tumblr O.o I like to call it “ennui” because it’s a cool sounding french word.
I love the word ennui too. I use it a lot when I’m at work when I have really slow days. My husband hates the word, lol.
And, I can only imagine how you feel with moving. I HATE moving more than anything! Good luck!
Oh, Jenni, I’m so with you. The stupidest things are distracting me lately. I have to force myself to read and even when I do I can barely concentrate. Sigh. If you find an answer clue me in.
I’ll definitely let you know if I find something. I may just have to plug my phone in downstairs because I read upstairs. That’d keep me from wasting hours of reading time on my phone.
I definitely have a similar problem. I love the idea of shutting everything off by a certain time each night. I’ll have to try it.
You’ll have to let me know how it goes for you.
Oh my goodness, I cannot concentrate on anything book or blog related lately. I actually signed out of my email and didn’t log on until today. The problem is I can’t stay away from my personal facebook account and I am totally strung out on catching up on my TV shows (The Walking Dead and The Vampire Diaries)
I think I seriously need a vacation because the only thing I currently enjoy is mind numbing and non thinking media distractions.
I know what you mean, I really do. It’s so hard to get passed slumps like that. I’m glad I’m not in a slump right now like I was for most of the year last year. It’s not fun. Good luck getting out of yours!