Choosing Focus by Saying No to What Distracts

I find it way too surprising to come across this prompt just about two hours after I had a deep chat with my mentor about my biggest distraction at the moment. Prompts like these ask for a deep response that comes from a major worry or struggle and I really appreciate the offer.

Almost every video or short clip I watch for as long as I remember this year, have been about "take action" and do it now. I mean, they are really motivating but the enemy which is, procrastination and some kind of life's distractions is just as active as those many videos I've been taking time to watch for action.

Distractions are everywhere and they are the enemy of "taking action". I came across a prompt sometime ago that had me really thinking, I've shared it before but I'll share it here again for emphasis regarding the prompt... "Focus is not about saying YES to the one thing you need to do, it's about saying NO to the many other things."

There will always be better options when one decides on something to do that they want to see to the end, those are the distractions of life and being able to identify them is one big step to getting rid of them as much as possible so you can focus on your main goals. This is what I'm trying to remind myself as I fight my distractions.

My single biggest distraction draining my energy to take my small next steps right now is, my environment. I have my sick cousin over and the atmosphere doesn't just feel right to try to develop a skill or build an habit. Don't get me wrong, I am trying my best to take action anyways but it keeps getting so difficult for me.

But thanks to the chat with my mentor and my present realizations, I am going to see all of these as just my fears holding back and once I can keep fighting and doing it anyways, I will get used to it and just find joy even no matter the kind of environment I find myself. I think I know the very thing I want to do, I just need to do it.

So about the one life area or projects I want to transition in the next six months, it's my career and the habit of staying curious in everything that interests me. A realistic win for me by the end of six months would be doing a gig (big or small) in the skill I've decided to work on and knowing a lot about the topics that I am always interested in.

I'm not sure how I'll get there but that's how realistic I want it to be, even though it could come way bigger than I expect. The main thing right now is, taking action on the small activities that will bring me to that realistic win, it's all I need do.