Succumbing to Distractions

I was not able to do any work this afternoon. I did file vacation leave for the afternoon but kept logged in in case some one would ping me. Instead, I laid in bed a few times falling into a nap a few times but mostly scrolling on my smartphone. During this episodes distraction or procrastination, I had decided to strap on a tDCS  on my forehead so that the electricity would focus my mind and allow me to work. But I did not do my own medicine and instead allowed myself to drift.

I did learn how to create an AI photo with  myself and some movie stars after watching a video. I used both chatGPT and Gemini Nano Banana to create these images. I have been attending several AI seminars this week and I have a list of videos of different AI lectures from SnapLogic.  I also attended several seminars from Google and Amazon. AI is the new thing and there is an explosion of content. In fact I have been studying AI for more than a year now, attending Linked-IN seminars several years back.

I find myself more knowledgeable than most people and will strive to be an expert in this field to improve my work. I feel I have to rise above my usual stupor and laziness by jogging this morning for 17 minutes. I plan to jog from Friday to Monday for only a short period while still continuing my regular fitness routine. But the real challenge is to stay out of my mind and to do something; a concrete action so I don't get caught up with my churning mind; lost in thoughts.

Last week, my young colleagues showed me his action register and his ways of working. He is using Excel to track activities similar to what I was doing long ago now that I have shifted to planner. He is more focused to me and the problem is not using the right tools or way of working but of focus and intent. I allow myself to drift and be unfocused most of the time like this afternoon. I have much ambition but I don't have the drive and motivation to just do it without thinking which my young colleague has remind me of. 

Yesterday, I received my new gadget called a Mendi which is a neuro-feedback device to help me focus; a device which cost me about $270. I now have several devices to help me focus: 3 tDCS devices such as LiftID, Brain Simulator, My Brain; PEMF magnetic head device plus my headphones to play Binaural beats or Gregorian chants to help me sleep and focus. My goal is to use the hours after dinner for writing and learning instead of falling a sleep in the coach in the library and wake up at midnight to go back to sleep. 

If I am able to use these hours in the evening, I could use 2 - 3 hours of productive activity. Unfortunately, I have not been able to focus or have the right energy to do proper work so the key is a combination of taking a shower, drinking coffee or team, meditation and using one of my brain devices to get to work. Learning how to focus especially with my middle age years where the mind will naturally drift, is the key challenge. It is the core issue of the monkey mind the continues to bedevil me.