How The Pandemic Forced Me To Focus

My Problem — Multiplicity

If you only knew me from a short conversation, follow me on Medium or Linkedin, read my writings, see the software I’ve written, or heard me speak in front of an audience, you’d think that I am an extremely focused person. I am not a focused person.

I wish I was a focused personality, but that is not who I am. I tend to want to start new things all the time and I seem to enjoy multiple businesses, switching between jobs, etc., etc.

But do I really like multitasking? No, not really. I have an issue. I admit it and that is I just can’t focus and it makes life hard!

I am not saying that I have a full-blown disorder like ADD or ADHD. Disorders or diagnoses do not matter.

All that matters is how you feel about yourself and the reality of your organizational skills and personal situation.

I personally can make a list of things and work my way through it daily, unlike a lot of people I know.

It is a tough thing for many of us to accept who we are or admit to our frailties, especially if we have not gone through training or a diagnosis. We think certain things may be true about ourselves. But when your spouse or friend or analyst from the outside points out you are doing too many things, juggling…