The Art of Concentration

[humancond1tion]

this is fantastic... great self-help article... many thanks your effort is much appreciated

[futures_untold]

Thanks for typing this up.

Some good points.

I find I am a lot more creative in my thinking when I pace around the room or bounce up and down on an excercise ball (no joke haha).

I'm planning on making myself a standing desk too so I can walk away from my computer to think properly and then return to type shit up quickly. Nothing kills creativity and independent thought like staring at a screen or monitor...!

Pat

[ruckus49]

good read i like the 5 minutes more idea

[narcissus]

TLDR; probably a bunch of stuff i've already figured out for myself

Unappreciative dick head in my opinion. I did say I had to sit there copying all of that out of a book for 3 hours, I find it disrespectful you even leaving that comment.

well then you are a fool in my opinion. at least i bumped your thread.

[Assassin]

Thanks for taking the time to write this up. I struggle with concentration a lot because of my working schedule and lack of sleep amongst other worries. I'll try those tips out, I would probably have never read this or thought about it enough to realise these things. So definite kudos to you for this article being posted.

One of the reasons I think concentration is worse now than say ten, twenty years ago is that kids get a choice of a lot of different activities at once, even from a very early age. Where as before you had one toy to play with or whatever.

Cheers mate. I appreciate it even if others don't and I'm sure a lot of other people will too.

[JFK]

Nice post man. Interesting stuff............

Gonna print this out and put it with my production folder.

[daft cunt]

Thanks for sharing and taking the time to write down.

Music itself is also a major distraction imo. It can even be an avoidance in some cases.
My thinking got much better when I stopped listening to it all day long.

[baaan]

Thanks for taking the time out to write it all down, sometimes I feel I concentrate on nothing, too hard...

[wirez]

Wirez: great article

one small thing tho...

they forgot to mention cats!

my lovely kitten is begging for attention even as I type this

Hehe, they get bored as they get old and just start laying around...

[wirez]

remember hearing them referenced in an REM tune years ago but then found out 2-3 years ago what they actually were. originally they were sold as a bunch of cards

Now that you mention them as cards, I actually remember reading about these somewhere before! I would love the card versions, going to have to have a look around!

[wirez]

Mate they're fucking awesome. Whenever I hear of something genius, Brian Eno's name seems to pop up.

Like the windows start up song?

For real? Damn. I'm a Mac user, but the Windows start up song is just exciting!

[wirez]

Thanks for typing this up.

Some good points.

I find I am a lot more creative in my thinking when I pace around the room or bounce up and down on an excercise ball (no joke haha).

I'm planning on making myself a standing desk too so I can walk away from my computer to think properly and then return to type shit up quickly. Nothing kills creativity and independent thought like staring at a screen or monitor...!

Pat

You own a space hopper? Awesome! Personally, the category I most fit into of those is the 'visual' one!

[wirez]

I do understand why people aren't reading this to be honest, there's one thing that bothers me about long articles on DSF or wherever else, and that's opinionated statements that try and change your mind frame. I'm scared of change, I love the way I work at the moment and my system seems to work well... So I'm worried that if I had reason to change it, it would cause creative blocks etc.

But this article seemed very focused on its subject and doesn't seem to have any far-out advice that isn't backed up by plenty of research..

[Assassin]

I do understand why people aren't reading this to be honest, there's one thing that bothers me about long articles on DSF or wherever else, and that's opinionated statements that try and change your mind frame. I'm scared of change, I love the way I work at the moment and my system seems to work well... So I'm worried that if I had reason to change it, it would cause creative blocks etc.

But this article seemed very focused on its subject and doesn't seem to have any far-out advice that isn't backed up by plenty of research..

People scared of change are why the bnp exist.

[wirez]

I do understand why people aren't reading this to be honest, there's one thing that bothers me about long articles on DSF or wherever else, and that's opinionated statements that try and change your mind frame. I'm scared of change, I love the way I work at the moment and my system seems to work well... So I'm worried that if I had reason to change it, it would cause creative blocks etc.

But this article seemed very focused on its subject and doesn't seem to have any far-out advice that isn't backed up by plenty of research..

People scared of change are why the bnp exist.

I'm Green Party mate.

[Assassin]

I do understand why people aren't reading this to be honest, there's one thing that bothers me about long articles on DSF or wherever else, and that's opinionated statements that try and change your mind frame. I'm scared of change, I love the way I work at the moment and my system seems to work well... So I'm worried that if I had reason to change it, it would cause creative blocks etc.

But this article seemed very focused on its subject and doesn't seem to have any far-out advice that isn't backed up by plenty of research..

People scared of change are why the bnp exist.

I'm Green Party mate.

Lib Dem my self. I didn't mean you.

[deadly_habit]

if you dig this read some leary or robert anton wilson wirez
or if you are really in depth try to tackle finnegan's wake by james joyce

[wirez]

I do understand why people aren't reading this to be honest, there's one thing that bothers me about long articles on DSF or wherever else, and that's opinionated statements that try and change your mind frame. I'm scared of change, I love the way I work at the moment and my system seems to work well... So I'm worried that if I had reason to change it, it would cause creative blocks etc.

But this article seemed very focused on its subject and doesn't seem to have any far-out advice that isn't backed up by plenty of research..

People scared of change are why the bnp exist.

I'm Green Party mate.

Lib Dem my self. I didn't mean you.

Hehe I thought my hoody in my avatar lead you in the wrong direction

[wirez]

if you dig this read some leary or robert anton wilson wirez
or if you are really in depth try to tackle finnegan's wake by james joyce

Nice one Deadly, will amazon these now for sure

[deadly_habit]

if you dig this read some leary or robert anton wilson wirez
or if you are really in depth try to tackle finnegan's wake by james joyce

Nice one Deadly, will amazon these now for sure

raw has from philosphy to fiction so depending on your mood he had loads before he died
finnegan's wake i'm still trying to tackle and on like 5th read of it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans_Wake
house of leaves is a great mindfuck book you can waste loads of times trying to figure out and analyzing it
i have like 3 copies of it one i highlighted and made notes in, new edition along with the diary that goes with it and my original untouched one heh