Forum Your Focusing Techniques

try playing around with alliterations, Consonental or Vocalic. They are fun to play around with. You can also play around with acrostic poem, or even combine them.

With the alliterations I start out small and let it build up. Hope this is helpful.

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Effortlessly establishing enthusiastic enlightenment, eventually enigmatic exuberant extrications end.

OK, prepare yourself for a long one...

This sort of problem is a common occurence among writers and it comes about for several reasons. I had the same issue going on for a long period of time, so I did my fair share of research on the subject. Btw, if you're looking for a great distraction from writing, then researching writer's block, inability to focus, procrastination or any of a multitude of similar topics out there is a great way to diminish your chances of accomplishing any writing projects in the proximate future ;)

So as I said, this could be caused by many reasons. It could be that you are a perfectionist, and that on some level of consciousness you're telling yourself that nothing except a masterpiece is good enough. It's more than enough too keep many people from writing. Another reason might be fear of failure or of judgment by others. It's also a common problem, especially real for people who have a history of being pleasers and meeting other's expectations. I say all this because it sounds a heck of a lot like procrastination, and that's a tough one to get rid of. Cause you just HAVE to update your twitter right now, HAVE to check your e-mail for 158th time today or HAVE to check to see what's the neighbour's dog been doing these days...in his own back yard.

I even went that far as to seek "help" of self-help books, self-proclaimed personal growth gurus, motivational speakers and what not. Before I stumbled upon an answer in a completely unexpected place.

There I was, reading a certain work of philosophy (ethics), where came about a subject of responsibility, duty, cultivation of one's talent and personal discipline. All that led me to do some more research, this time in mainstream psychology, where I found the real answer to my own problem. Lack of controling one's impulses. And it looks like you have a very similar, if not identical, problem.

See, we live in a world that is full of temptations, where numerous things are at our disposal in an instant. Some even go so far as to call it "instant world". Think about it; instant information, instant food, instant credit, instant comunication, instant entertainment...we live in a world where it's almost considered a sin to wait for something or be patient. This creates a problem, because people get used to getting everything ASAP, and because it fosters impulsive behaviour (like that constant checking of e-mails). We start indulging our impulses because modern, consumer society makes it seem so natural.

And that's basically what you're dealing with. You came to a wrong conclusion that each and every one of your thoughts deserves attention. Probably because we're bombarded with a slew of information all day long, but also because you see writing as something creative, so you don't want any great ideas escaping your creative spider web. But guess what, if you're interested in writing, chances are that lack of ideas is not something you should worry about. Besides, the vast majority of those thoughts probably has nothing to do with writing (did I publish that latest vacation photo on my FB...?).

So that's it. All you have to do is regain control of your own impulses. Become the master of your own thoughts. If the wrong ones show up, just remind yourself that you are in control here, and that you know this is not what you should be doing. It'll feel good, knowing that you're getting back to being in charge and starting to act like a responsible adult. It probably won't be as fun as watching that neighbour's dog chewing a hose for half an hour, but it'll certainly get you closer to your writing goals.

Hope that at least something of all this makes some sense :)