I often have to take breaks while writing. I can never write in one sitting. My ability to stay focused is just not there anymore. I too hate usign the phone to write anythin of significant length. For me it is fine for a quick comment and vote or to read on the go. I hate using it to write anything of substance though.
The fam and I need to take more holidays away from home than we do. Nothing long mind you, but I would love to start taking some short wekeend trips to enjoy and support more local sites. That way it wouldn;t be so hard on us for travel either.
It's not just you my friend. I know a lot of Veterans have that issue with attention and focus, especially after we're no longer serving, though there are occasional drill Sargent moments that bring us back to the present right quick, at least in my case, not as often as I'd like, but that's just what it is. We are good at adapting and overcoming, just in smaller chunks of time now. If only we could remember what we were trying to adapt to and overcome, LOL! 😊
That is for sure. My mush brain can be so aware and on top of its game sometimes when there is a possible threat or pressure is on. However, when normal life takes over, it just seems to not want to work right for me.
Yeah, that is my thing now that I am medically retired, I have nothing to adapt and overcome except for myself and I am probably the hardest obstacle I have ever tackled. LOL!
I think we all have those moments after we retire, medically or otherwise, from the military. When they said, "There's no life like it.", they weren't kidding and we never truly leave it behind, especially after we've done a TOD (tour of duty, for the non-military folk) overseas. The things we see stay with us and that's probably why we can get that focus in a possible threat or high pressure situation, our training comes back, but in real life we don't feel like our fight or flight has to be on all the time and our bodies/brains try to get the rest they need by giving us mush brain. Just my opinion, of course. 😊
When I read this, "I am probably the hardest obstacle I have ever tackled. LOL!" part in your reply, I thought, dang that could be me. We are always our hardest critics and obstacles to overcome, but as long as we keep trying on the daily, even when we aren't successful, we're winning because we aren't giving up. Just remember that it's okay to take a moments respite from the battle, before heading back into the breach. 😊
Take a respite right now😀. Much appreciate the chat my friend.
Me too, happy to chat whenever you're up for it. 😊
I prefer it the other way - just sitting and writing in a block. I get more flow. I can't imagine what it would be like to write a book.
A night here and there makes a difference I think and I reckon most people don't take advantage of what they have close by enough.
I get it. I used to have to do that myself and it would drive me crazy to stop. Things have just changed over time.
Oh, people that write books have to have the patience of Job. I couldn't sit that long and write. Even in my better days.
I am starting to take advantage of what is going on around me more to give me a topic to write about. GEtting out more is giving me so many more of those opportunities as well.
The best way to write in my opinion, is to live a life. It isn't the big things that make a life, it is the daily stuff that we think is unimportant at the time, but is 95% of everything.