Distractions? What distractions?

In the last 30 minutes alone, I’ve been distracted by Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds, dinner, kids, and my loving wife.

Where’s my focus?

Before you get the wrong impression, they are NOT unwanted distractions. They are simply distractions from pure focus on what I most want to do in this moment.

WRITE

Truth be known, I can find distractions a lot easier than I can find time to write. My attention span is either unwavering laser focus or well, what were we talking about?

Case in point…I just finished the previous sentence. Got up. Walk to the kitchen. Fixed a cup of tea and tweeted this:

The art of longing and the art of belonging must be experienced in life - Yogi Tea

Distracted? Not so much.  Ha!

The first step in overcoming a challenge is to admit you have a problem.

Hi. My name is David McGraw and I struggle to maintain focus when I want to write.

Next step is critical, a fool proof plan of action.

In order to bring more focus to my writing I will take the following three steps every time I set down to write.  I will

1.     Improve my writing environment. Close the door. Turn on inspiring music. 

2.     Turn off electronic distractions. Close e-mail. Close browsers. Hide my phone. Disconnect from the outside world.  (Secret: This one scares me)

3.     Daily writing.  Doesn’t matter what or when I write, I will write everyday for one hour. 

No plan of action is complete without a firm commitment.

I, David McGraw commit to one hour of distraction free writing every day. 

See how easy that was?  I can do this. So can you. 

What writing commitment will you commit to?