Things That Make Me Distracted

Sam Anderson book reviewer for New York magazine and writer of many articles like, In Defense of Distraction, Anderson has primarily become interested in the way culture and our habits of reading has drastically changed with technology. In the article In Defense of Distraction, Anderson explores the poor attention one has developed throughout the decades and how this attention has distracted the human mind in a way that it has centered to our cultural attention. It is an inevitable habit we seem to apply in our everyday life’s, in our yoga class one a week, the cancer slowly spreading across our body, the pretty little liars show that is shown every Tuesday that seems to not be enough. We seem to pay attention all the time

Tony Schwartz wrote an article called “ Addicted to Distraction” on November 28, 2016 to inform the readers about how the internet is a distraction and how distractions can affect your life. One of the main points in this article is that people use the internet for non important things. Another point is stated in paragraph 14, “ The problem is that we humans have a very limited reservoir of will and discipline.” Through out the article, Shwartz did not only write the article to only talk about his own addiction, he also wrote it to where the readers can relate to it and to compare it to their very own distraction.

In the first video “Beliefs That Make You Fail… Or Succeed” Dr. Steven Chew started off by stating you, the student, cannot become an A student overnight with little to no effort. He made a great point by saying “…students base their study behavior on their beliefs of how they best learn”, I agree with this statement because this could be the reason as to why everyone learns in many different ways. He went over three key facts which fall under “Beliefs That Make You Stupid”, which the first was you should always plan ahead of time because your assignments or reading will most likely take longer than you expected them to, therefore be realistic about your timing. The second key fact would be don’t isolate your learning, this meaning to be open minded because teachers look for conception and if you try to constantly remember the things you’re not really understanding what you’re going over. Thirdly, you aren’t born and automatically good at that subject. You must actually work towards achieving a high success in that subject matter. When it comes to being distracted you’re just losing more

From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual if we want to ace that test, memorize that presentation, and create writing assignment.

I’ve always struggled with trying to stay focused on my school work. While it may not look like it on the outside, it is a constant struggle in the inside. My mind is like a jungle gym with a bunch of kids zooming around. Sometimes I would just stare at the screen of my computer hoping the words would just appear themselves, but if that ever happened I probably wouldn’t even be here. My brain has these switches in them to tell me to do something else like play a game on your tablet or watch Netflix right when I am writing my essay. It’s how my brain works, and there never seems to be a manual switch because it’s automatic. My lack of focus caused me to face many obstacles, but through my weaknesses I discovered some of my greatest

class I did enjoy and excel at was I.T (Information Technology), due to it being

After seeing the video of professor Chew’s talk on “How to get the most out of studying, part 1” I realize the mistakes I’m doing when I’m studying. I been doing the same mistake since high school and now I know why I was struggling so much in some classes. Because I was multitasking most of the time when I was studying and being over confidents about knowing the topic I wasted a lot of time learning.

While reading through books I sometimes find myself just saying the words in my head and they begin to have no meaning. By trying to create a picture in my head and linking together what I am reading to something that I heard in the past I find myself able to comprehend the passages in the book. I will then have an understanding of what is being said and will be able to recall what I read at a later time. Any time that I find this happening to me I will stop get up to take a break before I sit back down to read what I missed all over

I have chosen to do the stop distractions challenge. The stop distractions challenge I chose, because I feel I need to improve on my time management and cut back some of my time zappers. My distractions are T.V, Cell phone use is a huge time zapper and web surfing are my three major distractions. Using a log to track the amount of time I spend on my distractions would help me to determine what time of the day I will set for myself to get on my phone or watch T.V. having only 2 hours to give to each distraction per week will be the hardest part of the challenge, but I intend to budget wisely. I hope to gain back a lot of free time after completing this challenge, which will allow me more time to study and complete other daily tasks. My overall

Our society mimics the World State because we allow entertainment to distract us, falling deeper into the ¨sea of irrelevance¨ that Huxley feared. Postman's view one can argue is accurate because we fall further from the truth by increasing our distractions. In the Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, one can see how everyone lives their life by taking a drug called soma to rely on happiness. Huxley introduced us to his perfect world in 1932 when he published his novel, The Brave New World which is based on a hands-on government which controls the entire planet.

I find that incoming calls and texts commonly distract me, also when friends or family are in the car, changing my music or turning it up too loud and also eating and drinking. While driving I most likely am distracted by my music, most of the time I get distracted by the song playing and have the urge to change it to something more pleasing to me. This means finding my phone if it not already in my lap or attached to the dock I have set up, unlocking my phone, going to my music playlist and changing it as many times as I can until something I like comes on. If I am not being distracted by the music, reaching for something to eat or drink most likely distracts me. I find myself packing a lot of snacks for my car rides, as a get hungry and then thirsty. I even sometimes find myself distracted with my surroundings such as the people in the car next to me or the people just walking on the street or doing whatever they might be doing.

As an English major and third year college student, I have already been introduced to several different topics that have broadened the intellectual side of me. Philosophy has introduced me to Descartes, that has made me question who am I, and do I really exist? Economics has made me predict trends and the future of our economy. Music courses have shown me the thought process behind the creative process, genius, and history behind songs, genres, and artists. Reading has made me think about how society affects the individual in books such as Fight Club or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. My experiences so far have made me use my intellect far more than when I began college. Each subject has stretched my mind a little bit more and has taught me to think just a little differently each time. In all, my education, not only in college, but back to high school as well, has made me a better and stronger intellectual.

I spend countless hours retaining the information that is provided to me via textbook or online resources. Malcom X, author of “Saved”, writes “I spent two days just riffling uncertainly through the dictionary’s pages. I’d never realized so many words existed.” When I read this line I can relate to how I feel when first opening up a new chapter. The more I read, the more interested I become in the rest of the book and I never want to put it down. My day usually consists of waking up and consuming some type of breakfast. I then move on, cranking open a textbook to the recommend chapter and begin to read. After a couple of hours of reading, I go back to analyze and record the presented data. Usually by this time I am three to four hours deep into my studies. I remove my curious mind from the text book and start to get ready to go to work from two to nine. While attending work, I continuously thinking about the materials I just read, trying to place common words or phrases throughout the chapter to everyday aspects in my life. Malcom X states “Three or four hours of sleep a night was enough for me.” This is the same attitude I portray when I come to working diligently on my homework or research. I feel like the little bit of sleep I get, cannot compare to the endless education I will receive if I continue to keep

In order for one to be able to remain focused, and attentive on the topic, it is important that the person gains the interest of whats being taught. A man with the name of Franic Lockwood stated: “In the long run the secret of study resides in our ability to bath our thought, our task, our lesson in the stream of interest”. Essentially what this is indicating is that in order for us to be strong in our studies, with must be able to surround ourselves with interest, we have to make being interested in our topic our number one priority. Another way to reword Franic Lockwood’s statement is that we as students must expose ourselves to the exciting facts of the topics first before we gain knowledge of what we’re studying. Although gaining

As a child, I had weak motor skills and a short attention span and I had to push myself over and over again to complete my activities. My learning experiences were mostly in a catch-up or a give-up mode as others around me forged ahead. To improve focus, my parents enrolled me in piano lessons and theater acting that required a prolonged attention span. This was a boon to me. I realized that when I played piano or acted on stage, I was able to persist without losing focus. Similarly, when I got exposed to computer programming in middle school I became instantly hooked to it and had no issues in working long hours with programming assignments. I wondered why? It was not hard to notice that activities that kept me attentive had a predefined