When I’m in the zone, my heart rate slows, as do my breathing rate and rate of blinking. I forget about hunger, thirst, sleep, toilet, and all other problems. The only thing in the world is the thing I’m working on. Time passes unnoticed. Afterwards it all comes crashing back.
How hard can you concentrate?
Submitted 1 year ago by dope@lemm.ee to [deleted]
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AlgeriaWorblebot@lemmy.nz 1 year ago
No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Flow. I’ve experienced and seek that dragon everytime I code. Only tuning down the voices, numbers messages and extern noise cam achieve it. Also playing techno without lirics and hiding my phone from sigh.
Most of my very productive work is this state, where I’m absolutely sure of where I’m going and just need extra hands to type.
AcornCarnage@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not hard enough because the TV remote has never so much as shimmied in my direction from the other end of the couch, no matter how hard I try.
AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I got ADHD so the answer is not at all, literally impossible
HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sure you can, we just don’t get to say when and on what we concentrate.
boringbisexual@lib.lgbt 1 year ago
“Can we do useful things today?”
Brain: “haha…no. we’re going to spend 8 hours straight learning this game engine”
“That’s actually kinda usef–”
Brain: “…and then never touch it again”
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
I… uh… what was the question again?
deafboy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There was a question?
over_clox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, if you evaporate orange juice to a damp goo, then compress it in a hydraulic press, then…
Fuck if I know, I forgot what we were talking about. 🤷♂️
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It depends.
On a good day with a decent amount of sleep, good food (not too light and not too heavy) and interesting tasks, I find that I can dive my head pretty deep into concentration and really filter out the world around me.
Doing this takes a lot from me, so it usually only lasts up to around an hour before I need a good break.
But most days, I don’t end up concentrating that hard.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
marshadow@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have extensive practice in straining to force myself to concentrate. Much like moving one’s bowels, pushing hard doesn’t necessarily result in better output.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rock hard.
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Today@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’ve leaned to put myself to sleep by concentrating really hard on relaxing and blocking out other thoughts. I take 5 breaths focused on 'am i comfortable? - good position, pillow just right, temp ok; then i take 3 breaths focused on relaxing each body part starting with my foot- feeling it sink into the bed, working hard to not let other thoughts creep in. I’ve never made it to my head.
Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
As hard as flubber.
Kissaki@feddit.de 1 year ago
Diamond hard
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That depends entirely on how interested I am.
nitefox@lemmy.world 1 year ago
-something… uh…. A big number
What were we talking about again?
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
At least 3.
UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
i had thought i was at a 4, but then i concentrated for a while and came up with 3 as well
Ambiorickx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m at 17, no lie.
Terevos@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sorry, man. I’ve heard you have to work at it. You might get to 12 or 10 if you practice some more.