So I’m pretty sure the internets have destroyed my concentration. Have you ever sat down to try and write something (for school, for work, something real) and not had the internet? I know, it’s a horrifying/foreign concept, but bear with me. I’ve been doing this a lot, since I like to go to the library to write up anything in Spanish. I won’t ever take my modem there because the computer has viruses and I don’t want many people knowing I have the modem anyways. Originally, I also thought this would work to my advantage since I figured it would help me concentrate better. I thought it would be great to be able to just write without having to check a million different interweb things every five seconds.
Silly, naïve me. I found my brain doesn’t focus nearly as well as I thought it would, especially when I’m writing in Spanish. I find myself doing anything to distract myself in between sentences or give myself undeserved breaks after writing a paragraph. I go to other files to check on stuff I don’t need to, I play stupid Windows games, I switch to writing things in English just for a minute. When I’m writing in English, it’s a little better – I get on rolls and don’t like to interrupt myself and I can focus for just a bit longer. But it’s still there, this need to only work for short moments and then do something else to break it up. It’s a really ugly habit.
I’m going to blame the internets for this, though they’re not completely at fault since there is a difference when I’m writing in English. But I’m wondering if people who used to do a lot of writing on the computer before having the internet have noticed a difference? Like, were you able to concentrate for longer back then but now find yourself checking Google Reader or Facebook statuses every few minutes? Or do we think it’s just my terribly-connected generation? Or is it just me? You let me know after you finish posting your Tweet and I’ll reply after my seventh game of Hearts.
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