So you know that moment when you're trying to focus really hard on something.. and you just can't? Every whisper, conversation, cough and giggle, every freeze-blip in the song on my i-pod, doors opening and closing, cars driving by... all that builds and builds until I feel about ready to explode. What's most frustrating is that nobody in the moment is really at fault, I could easily be doing the exact same things as them. This feeling can come a lot - getting ready for school, studying scriptures, studying for an exam, taking an exam, struggling through a math problem, writing in my journal, updating my blog, trying to sleep. It's awful, and I don't usually let out that I am frustrated inside, but really, it's so frustrating when I just can't focus on the task at hand.
Okay, but I learned a really neat trick for getting over the stress I feel so often when I'm trying to finish or accomplish something. When I feel like the project is getting the better hand of me, when I can't just can't focus. All I've got to do is take a break. I think sometimes I over-stress myself thinking I've got to finish this, I've got to get this done, now. But when I just take that breather - even just a minute or two - that's when I take the control. I have the choice to get back to the something I'm working on, and that something no longer has control over my frustrations.
In the testing center, I can close my test for a second, put down my pencil, and just forget about the test I'm taking. When I'm trying to sleep and I can't, I can get up and go do something for a minute. Anxiety and stress create a block for me, but when I'm able to relieve it, overcome it, I am much more capable of doing whatever it is that I was trying to get done.
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