Focus

Here are some thoughts I decided to write down (type). It’s kind of a ‘brain dump’ and I didn’t focus on grammar or readability or flow. Rather, I wrote what I thought.

I hope you can gain something from this. I also hope you can get a more realistic view into my own contemplations and ideas. I’ve been fluffing stuff up too much lately and want to return to the raw aspects of life. Focusing on human connection rather than trying to sound smart.

The more things I focus on, the less focused I become.

Life consists of so many things all happening at once. It’s impossible to think about the intricacies of every detail of every aspect of who I am all at once. My mind can only contemplate/focus on/grow a limited number of things.

And what are the ‘things’ that occupy me right now? Are there too many? Maybe.

It’s often said, “The more the merrier,” but a lot of times it’s not. In regard to my priorities, does more equate to better? Is having 1000 things occupying my focus better than 10?

I don’t think so.

Greatness is found in doing one thing very well. I think of a tree using 10% of its energy and nutrients to grow in 10 different directions. That wouldn’t only be a weird looking tree, but it also wouldn’t be very tall.

Kind of a dumb example but it’s the best I got.

In the same way, my focus is a percentage. It’s a finite amount: 100%.

The things that matter most to me make up larger portions of this 100%, and things that matter less take up smaller portions.

But a lot of times the things taking up percentage points don’t matter to me. So why are they there?

This is the question which addresses this line of thought. Why am I letting things that don’t matter to me take up space/time/energy?

It’s not about dividing my focus up into as many things as possible. This doesn’t lead to a ‘fuller experience.’ I’ve found more joy and peace from determining the few things that matter to me and holding onto them through thick and thin.

This is Jesus. My Rock; my firm foundation. If everything in my life was consumed by fire and the only thing left was my very being, who would I be? A follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, simple as that.

This is what matters most to me. This and a few other important facets of my life (family, friends) should make up more of my limited 100% focus than it does right now. There are too many things occupying that space which don’t matter. And for what purpose?

This is my observation, and this is my aim moving forward.

Keep making progress. Change for the better. Live the Heming-way.

God bless you,

Trevor

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