I wrote last week
about starting college classes and explained a little about Pathway. I looked at the list of assignments for the
first lesson of each class and became overwhelmed. I was near tears when I realized how much
time I would need to spend, how quickly I would need to learn more about
technology, and the changes I would need to make in my schedule.
I managed to bring fears under
control by remembering an instruction by my piano teacher about focusing. I remembered that I learned much quicker and
better by focusing on one note at a time.
By recalling this instruction, I told myself that I could do the work by
focusing on one thing. . If I allow myself to look at the big picture,
I still feel a little overwhelmed, but by focusing on one assignment at a time,
I am able to move forward with my classes.
Focusing on one thing at a time
can help us in many areas of our lives.
Many of us pride ourselves on our ability to multi-task, but maybe we
are not doing so well. I have
over-cooked food several times by not focusing on the task at hand. I remember one of my little children saying “Listen
to me with your eyes” because I was doing something else while trying to pay
attention to her. Maybe we should all
practice focusing on one thing at a time; we just might be able to move forward
with our lives and relationships better than we can by multi-tasking all the
time.
