Five Minutes of Focus

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Now, set your timer, clear your head, for five minutes of free writing without worrying about getting it right.

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..
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OK, are you ready? Please give us your best five minutes on:::

Todays word is FOCUS:

GO:
I have trouble staying focused.  I have never been diagnosed.....because back in the 50's and 60's they did not have a diagnosis for children who had difficulty staying focused.  Today they are called ADD.  Back in the day we were called precocious.  My first grade teacher got my parents to buy extra workbooks for me so she could keep me focused....on task. I try so hard to stay focused but as soon as something catches my attention I am off chasing squirrels.  When I write or when I read I can stay on task forever....totally focused.  A bomb could go off and I would still be lost in my writer/reader world.  Frank has tremendous focus.  He has to to do scroll saw work. I have two autistic students this year....one of the characteristics of their disease is that they focus to the extreme.  One of my students reads his Kindle and his Spanish book at the same time.   He has amazing focus and he has over a 100 average in my class.  The other one taps drum beats and reads at the same time...talk about focused.  He taps a beat to his speech.  It is amazing.  The student who reads is a student after my own heart.....the one who taps a drum beat interrupts all my focus and I fight internally to stay focused.  When he beats his desk drum my mind goes into music mode and I am gone....focus has left the building.  Sigh!

STOP: