 Contests & Activities: October 30, 2024 Issue [#12815] |
This week: Getting It Done Edited by: 🐕GeminiGem🎁  
More Newsletters By This Editor 
 
1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions
Hi! I am 🐕GeminiGem🎁 , one of the regular editors of the Contests & Activities Newsletter (and trying not to be the drama  ). |
| ASIN: B0CJKJMTPD |
Product Type: Kindle Store
|
Amazon's Price: $ 4.99
|
|
Getting It Done
Raise your hand if you hyperfocus. You know, where you decide to do something and then that is all you can get your brain to concentrate on?
Anyone? I know it can't be just me. It can be anything from organizing a closet to creating a new activity on Writing.com. I find that my hyperfocus will ~ POOF~ disappear much more quickly if I am doing a task like cleaning/organizing. It is like my brain decides, Okay, that's enough of that nonsense. The problem is, this usually occurs after I have already hauled everything out of the packed closet and have a giant pile of doom to sort out.
Yeah, I am a ton of fun to live with, and it is possible that my husband may make it to some sort of non-denominational sainthood just for putting up with me all of these years.
I asked Google what the definition of hyperfocus was, and here is what it came up with: Hyperfocus refers to an intense fixation on an interest or activity for an extended period of time. People who experience hyperfocus often become so engrossed they block out the world around them. Children and adults with ADHD often exhibit hyperfocus when working intently on things that interest them.
When it comes to creating a new WdC activity, my hyperfocus can be brutal. It will squeeze out just about everything else I have going on, including activities I have signed up to participate in, writing newsletters by a deadline, paying attention to anything else. If I am still in hyperfocus mode but the project is done, then I will fuss with it. I will change things, rearrange things, etc. until I am sick to death of it.
I suppose it is a good thing that the hyperfocus hangs around until I complete the project, or I would have a port full of half-finished projects. The thing is, for all you who have a blessedly normal brain, once the hyperfocus is gone, so is the desire to ever touch that project again. I am sure there is a term for that as well, but I can't come up with it at the moment.
I have no idea how anyone else goes about creating a new activity. Do you work on it a bit here and there? Do you put it together, decide it looks fine and move on? Ah, that sounds so nice. Nice, calm, and drama-free.
If you hear me casually mention that I am working on a new activity, don't believe it for a moment because there is absolutely nothing casual about it. I am working feverishly to perfect an idea I had to make it work and look exactly as I envisioned it. I may come up for air for a moment or two, but I would not expect great things from me until the hyperfocus bubble bursts.
Would you like to help out with some topics for future newsletters? If we use your idea, it will earn you a merit badge!
|
Have an opinion on what you've read here today? Then send the Editor feedback! Find an item that you think would be perfect for showcasing here? Submit it for consideration in the newsletter!
https://www.Writing.Com/go/nl_form
Don't forget to support our sponsor!
| ASIN: B01MQP5740 |
Product Type: Kindle Store
|
Amazon's Price: $ 4.99
|
|
From my Contests & Activity Newsletter "Cutting The Chaos"
I asked the question: Do you ever opt out of a contest or activity because the rules seem too complicated?
Here's what people had to say. CONTEST OWNERS! You might want to take a look at these answers, then see if any of your contests might be one of the contests that need some simplification (just a suggestion...).
Louis Williams 
I have a time or two.
A lot of times I opt out because of time. I have my time divided among several different projects.
Santeven Quokklaus 
Yes. There have been a few activities/challenges that have looked interesting and fun but when you read the rules and it's the size of a decent length novel, I just say, "No."
Merry IE 
I have done just that.
theOCCowgirl
Yes.
N.A Miller 
yes, the rules for content length are too short for the piece. It also depends on the type of contest and what is required.
Massive Friendly Derg 
All the time.
♥Ho Ho HOOves♥ 
Yes. I figure that's a bad omen on how it will go, especially if it gives me a migraine to read the rules.
|
| ASIN: B01IEVJVAG |
Product Type: Kindle Store
|
Amazon's Price: $ 9.99
|
|
To stop receiving this newsletter, click here for your newsletter subscription list. Simply uncheck the box next to any newsletter(s) you wish to cancel and then click to "Submit Changes". You can edit your subscriptions at any time.
|
This printed copy is for your personal use only. Reproduction
of this work in any other form is not allowed and does violate its copyright. |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
