2017 Life Logs, Days 142: Focus
Date: Monday, May 22, 2017
Weather: Overcast with Rain; High and Low Temp in the 50’s F—Feels Freezing!
Location: At Home in The Studio, Falmouth, MA
The problem with a person who has many different interests is focus. And I am struggling with that right now. I have been focusing on searching for a house a buy. I have been focusing on my family gathering in West Virginia in late June which includes a focus on family genealogy. I have been focusing on writing a book, but most of that work is just going to have to wait until the fall. And I have been starting the spring cleaning process and gardening at Heather and Jed’s. And now I need to focus on getting that new dinghy relocated and ready for summer fun. And I haven’t even mentioned that Heather and Jed have talked to friends Bruce and Jane about jointly doing work on and sailing Bruce and Jane’s sailboat this summer. I know I can help with the work, so I need to fit that into the schedule. I find myself pulled in too many directions. But there is hope. I have just about exhausted efforts in looking for a home for now. I have one more possibility and if that doesn’t work out, I will just put this project on hold for a another few months. The gardening and spring cleaning won’t go away, but they don’t require focus, just time. And the same is true of the gardening, dinghy, and sailboat work. So, I am going to put all my focus into getting ready for the family gathering in West Virginia in June. I just about have the housing and food for the 40 of us all set, but I still need to work on the activities. That requires contacting folks in West Virginia that I haven’t talked to for years, and also contacting people I don’t yet know. And it requires a great deal of writing in getting together some succinct summaries of family history for presentation to the younger members of the family. This is passion of mine, so I will enjoy doing the work. I just need to focus on it.
