Permission to Focus

You’re so much more than a tomato 🍅 Projekt Rattloch — Week 17 🐀🕳️

I’ve known about Pomodoro.
I’ve known about time blocking.
I’ve known about chunking down.
I’ve know about eating frogs.

But if the mind says NO, you get blocked.

You need permission to do one thing and one thing only in one block of time.

This week I gave myself that permission and it’s been amazing. Calm focus, engagement and more energy is what I have experienced.

How? I used a combination of NLP, CBT, Flow Psychology, OODA Loop Decision Making Models and Computer Science Principles, to create an AI Agent that Supports me with tasks, she’s called Cognitive Flow Agent. Don’t worry about the technicalities of it, I don’t understand it myself. I just felt frustrated with how scattered my focus had been for so long, I was exhausted and at my limit. So I decided to create a buddy to help me regain clarity and focus.

If you’re anything like me, you’ll know how draining it is with your mind chattering all the time when you’re trying to work. But we can get so much more done calmly, in small focused blocks of time than four hours of manic, scattered multi-tasking.

Ask Beth Raps she is a master of time. Once you get the foundations right, then, if it’s your thing, you can put an AI automation layer on top and you can get a month’s work done in a day.

I’ve not experienced THAT yet, but I’ll report back soon once I have.

It’s not about hustling to get more done, it’s about getting more done in less time so you can then do less. Then, do more with that lovely, precious, extra time you have.

As much as I want to dismiss it, what I have experienced this week is no small thing. I cried yeterday when I was walking home, the realisation had hit me that I could finally have some peace.

Have a great day.

SLART

P.S. If your mind’s been racing lately, give yourself permission to do one thing slowly today. It’s amazing how much peace hides inside simple focus. A set container of time will help. ♡

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