Shiny Object Syndrome - How to get your work done without constantly distracting yourself
Shiny Object Syndrome - and how to get over it! I love shiny objects – they distract me all the time! They either arrive in my email inbox, I see an interesting ad on social media or I have a shiny thought which takes me out of the work I am doing. Happens a lot! The problem with pursuing the shiny things is that they are incredibly distracting. The worst distractions for me are those which occur when I’m immersed in tasks I really need to finish. Something along the way triggers my mind into thinking of something else I need to do, or an idea I really need to write down or activate immediately – I don’t really need to do these things straight away, but the lure of something new is strong. ... the lure of something new is strong. A little digression – I trained in Transcendental Meditation (TM) back in the 1970s when it was a ‘thing’. This form of meditation isn’t as popular now with the advent of guided meditations, where you listen to someone throughout the process, or the ve