Martinicity: Tag Focus Mike Blake tag:martinicity.net,2005:Typo Typo 2009-01-02T16:29:05+00:00 Mike Blake urn:uuid:60e1eeee-a4a6-4b59-96e4-d8635c9e74dd 2009-01-02T16:08:00+00:00 2009-01-02T16:29:05+00:00 Focus 2009 <p>This morning I made a long list of things I&#8217;d like to do more, and things I&#8217;d like to do less. In the interest of brevity, I decided to combine similar items. Hoping to get my New Years resolutions down to a sentence or two, I did even better. All my goals boiled down to one word. <b>Focus</b>.</p> <p>&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;<br /></p> <p><img src="/files/focus.png" alt="" /></p> <p>&nbsp;<br /></p> <h2>This year I will be more focused.</h2> <p>&nbsp;<br /></p> <h1>&gt;</h1> <p>&nbsp;<br /> For instance, I&#8217;d like to play more guitar, and exercise more. Obviously focusing on these goals for short periods of time will help.</p> <p>&nbsp;<br /></p> <h1>&lt;</h1> <p>&nbsp;<br /> Ironically, focusing on the activities I want to do less will also help. My things I&#8217;d like to do less are really &#8220;Less is More&#8221; resolutions. Having my own business allows me to take Fridays off. It&#8217;s my way of sticking it to the man. But this year I&#8217;m going to take off fewer Fridays. Why? Because when I always have Fridays off I don&#8217;t enjoy them nearly as much. That&#8217;s just one example, but the &#8220;Less is More&#8221; maxim applies to any excessive habit. So this year my bad habits will be less frequent, but much more enjoyable. Thanks to my new habit, <b>Focus</b>.</p>